E/CN.4/1995/34 page 32 unknown to the police and the prosecuting authorities. The decision of the Court was final, but compensation was a matter to be decided by the court of competent jurisdiction after the filing of a claim by the complainant. Czech Republic Information transmitted to the Government 154. By letter dated 17 August 1994, the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information concerning Jaroslav Jonáš, a 17-year-old Rom who died in police custody on 19 September 1993. He had been arrested on 17 September 1993 on suspicion of having burgled a restaurant in Frýdek-Místek and was allegedly beaten and forced to sign a confession. He was later taken to hospital and treated for contusions on the left cheek, nose and back of the neck. After he was ordered by a magistrate on 18 September to remain in pre-trial detention, his father was notified that he had hanged himself in his cell. An investigation by the Ostrava Prosecutor’s Office was reportedly being conducted into the circumstances surrounding his death. Denmark Information transmitted to the Government and replies received 155. By letter dated 5 August 1994, the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received information concerning a painful form of restraint used against detainees known as the "leg-lock". The method was said to involve handcuffing the detainee behind the back, bending both legs at the knee, wedging one foot against the opposite knee and placing the other foot up under the handcuffs. The leg-lock was reported to have caused injuries such as abrasions to the wrists and nerve damage, resulting in pain and long-term numbness and tingling in the shoulders, arms, hands or fingers. The method was also said to inhibit breathing, thus creating a risk of sudden death. 156. The leg-lock and other forms of ill-treatment had reportedly been used against persons detained during police operations from September 1992 to December 1993 directed against hashish sellers in the Christiania neighbourhood of Copenhagen. Although the police unit allegedly responsible for most of the abuses, known as the "Christiania squad", was said to have been disbanded in December 1993, the use of the leg-lock as a form of restraint was said to continue. 157. The Special Rapporteur informed the Government of allegations he had received concerning police abuse in the five cases summarized in the following paragraphs. 158. Uvdlorianguaq Geisler was detained in the corridor of his house in Christiania on 24 May 1993 by plainclothes officers and placed in a van in the leg-lock position. He continued to suffer from tingling in his hands five months after the incident. During this same incident, Brian Beyer Johnsen was allegedly grabbed from behind by the police, after which he fainted. He woke up in a police van in the leg-lock position and, unable to endure the pain, managed to slip his foot through the cuffs. The police then