E/CN.4/1995/34 page 117 Information received from the Government on cases included in previous reports 610. On 9 August 1994 the Government sent replies in regard to four individual cases transmitted by the Special Rapporteur in a letter dated 26 August 1993. The replies are summarized in the following paragraphs. 611. In the case of Stefan Tasnadi, an ethnic Hungarian who was allegedly severely beaten with truncheons and fists by police on 25 August 1992 in Gherlu, Cluj county, the Cluj military prosecutor’s office started an investigation into charges of abusive behaviour by two police officers. The testimony given during the investigation and the results of the forensic examination did not lead to the conclusion that Stefan Tasnadi had been beaten. Mr. Tasnadi had not informed the military prosecutor’s office about the incident until 21 June 1993 and has since withdrawn the complaint. 612. As to the case of Mihai Poteras, who was allegedly beaten for five days in the police station in Pascani, two police officers, Cuceac Gheorghe and Nistor Valeriu, were ordered committed for trial by the Baca ˘u military prosecutor’s office on the charge of abusive inquiry under the Romanian Penal Code. It was established that during 5 and 6 February 1993 the officers severely beat Posteras ¸ Mihai for the purpose of compelling him to admit to the crime of robbery, thus causing him bodily injuries which required 16 days of medical assistance. 613. According to the allegations transmitted by the Special Rapporteur, Doru Marian Beldie had been beaten with truncheons on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet for several hours at the 17th district police station in Bucharest. The Government replied that an investigation by the Bucharest military prosecutor’s office concluded that there was no violence exerted against Doru Marian Beldie. He was convicted of "sexual relations between persons of the same sex" with the aggravating circumstances of committing the offence against a minor and sentenced to 4½ years’ imprisonment. 614. Finally, in the case of Marcel Brosca, who was allegedly severely beaten by police in Teduci, the Ias ¸i military prosecutor’s office concluded that no violence had been exerted against him. He was convicted of robbery and homosexual activity and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Saudi Arabia Information transmitted to the Government 615. By letter dated 3 June 1994 the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information concerning the alleged torture and ill-treatment of Iraqi refugees held since 1991 in the camps of Artawiyya, which was closed in December 1992, and Rafha. According to the reports, the refugees had been tortured or ill-treated for a wide variety of perceived misconduct, including criticizing the camps’ authorities, protesting living conditions and being "disobedient", or in order to extract "confessions". Forms of torture allegedly included systematic beatings all over the body, enforced standing for prolonged periods of time, the administration of electric shocks and dowsing with cold water while naked. Some persons were also allegedly subjected to hanging by the wrists from the ceiling or a high