E/CN.4/1995/34 page 90 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Urgent appeals 469. On 22 March 1994 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government concerning the following persons reportedly detained in the aftermath of rebellion by army units around the city of Misrata in October 1993: Col. Mahammad Abdul ’Ati al-Buma, Col. Miftah Qarrum al-Wirfalli (who suffers from leukemia), Col. Sa’ad Misbah al-A’Rusi, Lt-Col. Daw al-Salihin (reported to have had his leg amputated as a result of injuries sustained during torture), Lt-Col. Ahmad al-Du’ayki, Lt-Col. Muhammad Bashir, Major Abdul Salam al-Waa’ir, Lt. Abdallah al-Waa’ir, Major Ramadan al-’Ayhuri, Major Muhammad al-Ghul, Saad Al-Wirfalli, Major Khalil Salam al-Jidiq, Sa’d Musbah Sa’d al-Amin al-Zubaydi, Dr. Musa al-Keilani, Ali Faraj Zai’d and Fathi Hamid. These persons were reportedly being held incommunicado at unknown locations. Three of the detainees had reportedly appeared on television confessing to having been recruited as American intelligence agents by members of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya, an opposition group in exile. Mauritania Urgent appeals 470. On 3 October 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal to the Government on behalf of nine persons among a group of 34 who were arrested around 25 September 1994 in Nouakchott and other areas and accused of membership in a clandestine organization. They were Mohammed Cheick Ould Sidi Yahya, Imam of Sebkha mosque and President of the unofficial Islamist political party "Umma"; Aboubekrin Ould Ahmed, former Minister of Culture and Islamic Orientation; Hassan Ould Moulay Ely, a municipal councillor and member of the Union des forces démocratique (UFD); Abdallah Ould Reggad, an appeal court judge; El Hadj Abdelazziz Sy, Imam of El Mina mosque and Vice-President of "Umma"; Mohamed Moctar Ould Gaguih, former Director of Islamic Orientation at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Orientation; Jemil Ould Mansour, a journalist; Mohamed Ould Ragel, a municipal councillor and UFD member; and Vall Ould Wreg. Some of these persons were allegedly beaten at the time of their arrest and some were reportedly taken to the Ecole de police nationale at Nouakchott where they were being held incommunicado. Mexico Information transmitted to the Government and replies received thereto 471. By letter dated 29 March 1994, the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information regarding cases of torture alleged to have been carried out in connection with political events which occurred in the State of Chiapas in January 1994. The torture, reportedly used by members of the army in order to extract confessions from persons about alleged links with the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), was said to have consisted typically of blindfolding the detainees and tying their hands behind their