E/CN.4/1992/17 page 93 (a) Izzet Gümüscü and Tamer Tanrikulu were arrested for the offences of engaging in propaganda and extorting money from the people for the illegal organization PICK. They were brought before the Diyarbakir State Security Court. Tamer Tanrikulu was released after the initial investigation. According to the medical reports, these persons had not been ill-treated; (b) Sedat Esmer was taken into custody for the offence of engaging in propaganda for the illegal organization PKK. He was tried by the Diyarbakir State Security Court and acquitted on 12 June 1991. According to the medical report for the period he spent in custody, no trace of beatings or use of force was found on Sadat Esmer's body; (c) Hiisne Kizilkaya, Meryem Oral and Münewer Oral were taken into custody on 9 May 1991 for trying to join the PKK forces in the mountains. After their statements had been taken, they were released on 20 May 1991. The investigation by the Diyarbakir State Security Court is at present under way. The medical reports certify that no evidence of beating or use of force was found on the bodies of these persons; (d) Ismail Aksoy, Ismet Aksoy and Ilhan Aksoy: on the allegations that these three persons were ill-treated and that attempts were made to make them eat dog's faeces when they were in custody at Bitlis, the competent court declared itself not competent in the matter on 31 May 1991 and transmitted the file to the Bitlis prefecture. It is possible that, depending on the results of the inquiry undertaken by the prefecture, an investigation will be opened into the matter; (e) Cemal Kahraman, Mehmet Baysal, Abdtilhamit Asian, Muhittin Anter, Sükrü Eren, Aydin Dogan, Mehmet Sirin Orhan, Macit Akgün and Süleyman Balan were arrested at Nüsaybin and transferred to Mardin, where they were placed in custody, for the following offences: belonging to the illegal organization PKK, harbouring and receiving, and propaganda for the same organization. On 12 April 1991, Cemal Kahraman, Mehmet Baysal, Mecit Akgün and Süleyman Balan were sent to prison, while the others were released. The Diyarbakir State Security Court is continuing the investigation into the case. Among those charged, Mehmet Baysal, Süleyman Balan, Mehmet Yagiz, Ahmet Yigit and Harun Bozkurt said in their statements before the Mardin Magistrate's Court that they had been tortured and ill-treated during their questioning and lodged a complaint. Following the investigation undertaken into the complaint, the file was transmitted to the Mardin prefecture. It is possible that when the file has been examined a further investigation will be conducted. Cemal Kahraman and Macit Akgün did not make any complaint or statement about being tortured or ill-treated; (f) Barbara Kistler: While she was in custody, Barbara Kistler met the Swiss Consul General and his lawyer. The medical report drawn up by the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Organization on 3 June 1991, at the end of the period of custody, certifies that no traces of beating or use of force were found on her body. She has not appealed to the judicial authorities about any threats designed to prevent her from speaking about what happened to her in prison; (g) Sait Seyit Ahmet: According to the available information, this person has been accepted as a refugee by Norway.