E/CN.4/1992/17 page 48 made to swallow hot sauce and was burned with cigarettes on the back and on the left hand. Later he was reportedly taken to an army facility in the Kadhema Club, where he was again beaten and subjected to a mock execution. (c) Na'el Mustafa Hassan Shershir, aged 18, was detained at Khaitan police station from 2 to 17 March 1991. During the first five days of his detention, he was reportedly severely beaten with three-inch-thick wooden sticks on the back, chest, legs and head. Despite his multiple injuries, he did not receive any medical treatment at the police station. (d) Jemal Na'im Abdel Rahim, aged 28, was arrested at his house in Hawalli on 17 March 1991 by a group of soldiers, and released a few days later. While in custody he was reportedly beaten with sticks and plastic pipes and was electrocuted with live wires. (e) Beshir Ibrahim al-Khatib was reportedly detained from 10 to 16 March 1991 at the al-Jaberiyya police station, where he was beaten with metal pipes and burned with lit cigarettes, candle wax and heated metal bars. (f) Yasser Ashour Yasseen was reportedly detained from 10 to 14 March 1991 at the al-Nugra police station, where he was beaten regularly with metal and plastic pipes and rifle butts. (g) Iyad Selim Sa'id, aged 18, was reportedly detained in mid-March 1991 at al-Jaberiyya police station, where he was beaten with sticks and rifle butts on the back, face and left ear; as a result of which he lost his hearing in that ear. (h) Olayyan Saleh Issa, aged 42, was reportedly detained from 8 to 14 March 1991 in the Sabah al-Salem police station, where he was regularly beaten with sticks and plastic-covered pipes and threatened with execution. 144. On 19 November 1991 the Kuwaiti Government replied that the cases transmitted on 18 October 1991 dated back to the weeks following the liberation of Kuwait and that, since they were isolated cases, it was difficult to confirm the facts or obtain reliable information. They had taken place during a difficult period in which the Kuwaiti Government had been making every effort to restore order and guarantee the inhabitants' security after the departure of the occupation forces. They did not, in any event, presuppose a pattern of human rights violations in Kuwait. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Letters 145. On 14 February 1991 the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya transmitting information concerning Ibrahim Abdel Aziz Elweza, an Egyptian national, who was arrested in Libya and detained from 17 April to 19 June 1989. During that period, he was allegedly severely beaten and sustained serious injuries including broken bones. Subsequent medical reports indicated fractures of the cubit and of the skull. Contusions all over his body were also reported. Mr. Abdel Aziz was later allowed to leave Libya.