E/CN.4/1995/34 page 136 711. Patricia Schweitzer went to the Bourg-du-Four police station in Geneva after midnight on 18 February 1993, following the arrest of a friend. Upon her arrival, two officers reportedly ordered her to take an alcohol test and threw her into a cell, whereupon her head was knocked against a concrete bed and she fell to the floor. After she demanded an explanation for her treatment, three or four officers allegedly entered the cell and repeatedly kicked and punched her. A medical examination conducted on 20 February reportedly revealed bruising around her eyes, to her knee and left forearm and a possible fracture to her forearm. An X-ray taken on 16 March was said to have revealed a fracture to her right hand and two torn ligaments in her right wrist. 712. Michel Acquaroli was allegedly assaulted by two police officers on 21 April 1993 during a visit to his office in Geneva to inquire about an outstanding debt. The officers allegedly twisted his arm violently and pushed a knee into his back so that he fell to the floor. The police then handcuffed him behind his back and an officer allegedly pressed tightly around his neck, causing him to fight for breath. He was taken to the police station, whereupon he made a formal complaint against the police, but the officer who had assaulted him reportedly threatened him with imprisonment if he lodged the complaint. University of Forensic Medicine doctors examined him that afternoon, noting that he showed signs of physical injury, after which he was arrested for resisting official action and was placed in a cell and asked to strip naked, for the stated reason that the police were afraid that he might commit suicide. Two days later a medical examination revealed bruises to his neck, left wrist, right arm, and lower thorax, superficial wounds on his left arm and right wrist and a laceration to his left shoulder. The examination also recorded that he had indicated pains in his lower back and right thigh and pain in swallowing. 713. Erak Svalto, a Bosnian, was arrested by 20 police officers in Berne on 30 January 1992. During the arrest, some of the officers allegedly elbowed, kneed, kicked and trampled him, hit him in the face with a pistol and called him a "Yugoslav swine". He reportedly received a number of blows to his kidney. Later in the police car he allegedly received karate chops to his neck and was choked with a chain he wore around his neck. He was allegedly subjected to further beatings in the police building. More than one year after his arrest, he was reported to continue to suffer from partial numbness at the back of his head and almost constant pain in the kidney area. Syrian Arab Republic Urgent appeals transmitted to the Government and replies received 714. On 2 May 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal on behalf of the following persons: Fadi Munir Jadid; Usama Munir Jadid; Nidal Mahmud Jadid; Salah Mahmud Jadid; Ghassan Fuad Jadid; Saddiq Riad Jadid, aged 17; Yassir Riad Jadid; ’Ammar ’Abbud; ’Ali ’Issa al-Hakim; ’Abd al-Razzaq al-Hallaq; and Na’im Khuri. These persons were arrested in August 1993 shortly after the funeral of Salah Jadid, a former prisoner who died in custody on 19 August, after almost 23 years of detention without charge or trial. The 11 persons were allegedly being held incommunicado also without charge or trial, possibly for their association with the deceased.