E/CN.4/1995/34 page 49 held incommunicado in Nsok-Nsomo for two weeks, then taken to hospital in Bata, where they allegedly failed to receive appropriate medical treatment. They remained in hospital until September, when they were taken to Bata prison. They were released under an amnesty on 12 October, without having been charged with an offence. 254. Laurentino Jesús Nsué and Federico Nsong Eyenga, industrial engineers working with the national electricity company, were reportedly arrested in early July 1993, accused of cutting the power supply in the area of Malabo before the President was about to make a speech. They were detained for over a week and allegedly severely beaten. Laurentino Jesús Nsué was said to have suffered a broken nose and multiple bruises. Federico Nsono Eyenga was allegedly beaten on the head, causing him to have convulsions and to spend several days in hospital. Follow-up to cases previously transmitted 255. By the same letter the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received new information concerning allegations previously transmitted to the Government. 256. In an urgent appeal dated 3 September 1993, the Special Rapporteur communicated to the Government concerns regarding the situations of Francisco Engono Micué and José Ramón Obamo, who were arrested in Bata on 31 August 1993. According to further information received by the Special Rapporteur, both detainees were ill-treated in custody before being released on 20 September 1993. Francisco Engono Micué was allegedly severely tortured and sustained serious injuries to his arms, feet, back and one eye. His arrest was said to have occurred three months after he had received threats from a senior government official in Bata that "something" might happen to him if his son, Father José Leis Engono, a Roman Catholic priest, did not stop criticizing the Government. 257. In an urgent appeal dated 14 September 1993, the Special Rapporteur communicated to the Government allegations according to which Tobías Obiang Nguema was being tortured in police headquaters in Malabo. According to information subsequently received, Tobías Obiang Nguema and five co-defendants, Sergeants Jacinto Nculu, Dámaso Ondó, and Miguel Ndjeng, Corporal Bonifacio Nsogo, and Private Lorenzo Nsué Ndong, were tried in secret by a military court in the barracks in which they were being held in Malabo between 30 September and 1 October 1993. According to eye-witness accounts all six defendants showed signs of torture during the trial. Jacinto Nculu allegedly was bruised all over his head, his wrists were broken, he was unstable on his feet, he had difficulty hearing what was being said and he was incoherent in his speech. Tobías Obiang Nguema was acquitted, while the other five defendants were convicted of conspiracy, incitement to rebellion and slandering and insulting the head of State and were sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Urgent appeals transmitted and replies received 258. On 15 March 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government an urgent appeal on behalf of Norberto Mba Nze, a representative of the