E/CN.4/1992/17 page 70 south of the country, in the second half of 1990. In a number of cases prisoners had allegedly died after being tortured in prison. Most of these cases were of persons suspected of being members or sympathizers of the separatist movement known as the Casamance Democratic Forces Movement (MFDC) or of persons suspected of supplying them with arms or food. However, in some cases close relatives of the members of the Movement were also arrested and tortured. The following cases of persons who died as a result of torture were transmitted: (a) Assoua Diabone, a peasant aged 40 from Oussouye, arrested in June 1990 by a patrol of the Mobile Security Brigade, apparently because his name was on a list of members of the separatist movement. He was transferred to the police station in Oussouye where he was said to have been badly beaten with clubs. According to the report, he received no treatment for his injuries and died on 18 June; (b) Ganguilo Djibalène, a peasant aged 30 from Oussouye, arrested in July 1990. He was allegedly tortured, transferred to the Ziguinchor hospital and later to the prison in Dakar, where he died apparently as a result of the injuries he had received; (c) Sékou Mary, known also as Agnocoune, a peasant aged 58 from Kabiline. He was arrested on 23 October 1990 by the Gambian police in Brikama, where he had taken refuge with nine other Senegalese and was handed over to the Senegalese authorities. He reportedly died after being tortured by members of the Diouloulou police force; (d) Younouss Djiba, a peasant aged 27 from Kaguitte, in the Department of Ziguinchor, and Ampa Dakar, from Yotou, in the Department of Oussouye. Both men were suspected of being members of the MFDC and were arrested by the security forces early in October 1990. They were reportedly beaten to death by members of the armed forces stationed at the Kaguitte barracks. 200. The other cases of torture reported concern the following persons: (a) Binta Niassy, aged 33, arrested on 24 June 1990 in Kabiline, when soldiers were looking for her husband, Tata Sudio, who was away. The soldiers reportedly beat Mrs. Niassy, who was pregnant, forced her to lie on the floor of a military vehicle and several of them whipped her and others trampled on her. Shortly after her release, without any charges, she had a miscarriage; (b) Laminé Sané, aged 30, from Diafar-Douma, Department of Sédhiou, and Fatoma Diatta, from Tendouck, Department of Bignona. They were arrested by police in Bignona, in June 1990, after a grenade attack which wounded 10 people. According to witnesses the two men were allegedly stripped naked and tied to poles at the police station in Bignona, in front of the Prefect's residence. They were reportedly left in the blazing sun and to the stares of passers-by for a whole day, and members of the security forces burned their skin with lighted cigarettes;