E/CN.4/1995/34 page 43 Four prisoners - Hassanein Moustafa, Youssri Abdel-Mesih, Atef Aboul-Futouh Ahmed and El-Mohamadei Mohamed Mursi - were reported to have died in the incident. Mohamed Ahmed El-Sadeq reportedly sustained an injury to his right thigh from a live bullet. 217. The Government replied that on 5 September 1993, not 27 August 1993, Abu Zaabal prison had been the scene of riots and acts of violence among inmates in which three persons died and 85 other persons suffered superficial injuries. During the incident of 24 October, the force responsible for law and order was attacked by some inmates while conducting routine search operations, resulting in injury to 25 members of the force and 52 inmates as well as the death of one inmate. The injured persons were treated and the DPP ordered a medical examination to determine the cause of the deceased prisoner’s death. 218. A similar campaign was reportedly carried out at Marg prison on 13 September 1993 and 22 September 1993. In the first incident, Hatem Musaad El-Qanaoui and Ashraf Abdel-Sitar Ahmed allegedly sustained severe injuries as a result of assaults with sticks and wire. In the second incident, injuries by beating were allegedly inflicted upon Ahmed Farghali, Abdul-Haggag Gohar, Abdel Menem Abdel-Hafez, Mohamed Hussein, Mohamed Hussein El-Shaarawi, Mohamed Abdel-Maged, Ramadan Gomaa and Sami Ahmed. 219. The Government replied that on 13 May 1993, not 13 September, some of the inmates at Al-Marg prison rioted and committed acts of violence which compelled the prison administration to intervene to disperse the rioters and arrest the instigators. Sixteen inmates were charged with using force against public officials and causing deliberate damage and 11 of these persons were convicted by the criminal court at Benha. 220. The Government further notified the Special Rapporteur on 17 November 1994 that the following persons convicted in Military Felony Cases 18 and 24/1993 had been summoned by the DPP from their places of detention to give statements: Muhammad Samir Ebeid al-Sayyid, Khalid Abdul Fattah Hassan Mustafa, Muhammad Ali Muhammad Mutawalli, Khalifa Abdul Azim Abdul Aziz Khalifa, Yahya Khalafallah Muhammad Ali, Rabi Ahmad Rikabi Ahmad, Ra’id Abdul Sami’ Ali Amara, Ahmad Shawqi Thabit Abdul Al, Abdul Rahim Abdul Ghaffar Marsi Abdul Bari, and Muhammad Gallal Ahmad (Military Felony Case 18); Samir al-Sayyid Mahmoud Raihan, Yaseen Abdul Sattar Yaseen, Gamal Muhammad Abu Zeid Sulaiman, Amru Ali Muhammad al-Iraqi, Islam Ragab Abdul Hadi, Khalifa Abu Zeid Shabib Hilal, Tariq Mutawalli Ahmad al-Tukhi, and Yasir Haggag Muhammad Haggag (Military Felony Case 24). Those persons claiming to have been subjected to assault or torture were sent for medical examinations. In none of their statements did the prisoners identify the persons responsible for the alleged assault. Urgent appeals 221. On 7 March 1994 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Kamel Soliman, a Christian, who was arrested on 31 July 1993 in Cairo by members of the security forces for distributing a book written by a former Muslim who had converted to Christianity. He allegedly was subjected to torture at the State Security Building, including by suspension from the