E/CN.4/1992/17 page 30 94. The Special Rapporteur also transmitted information about the reported arrest and torture between 10 May and 6 June 1991 of approximately 50 persons from communities in the areas of Yamabal, Sensembra and Guatajiagua, in the Department of Marazán; it was maintained that the persons responsible were members of Military Detachment No. 4 (DM-4) at San Francisco Gotera, and the Third Infantry Brigade in San Miguel. Special emphasis was placed on the cases of Ambrosio Amaya, arrested on 5 June 1991; Rumaldo Jurado Argueta, arrested on 5 June 1991; and Bernabé Fuentes Hernández, arrested on 6 June 1991. Equatorial Guinea Urgent appeals and Government replies 95. On 29 November 1990 the Government of Equatorial Guinea sent the Special Rapporteur a sworn statement in response to his appeal of 6 July 1990 (E/CN.4/1991/17, para. 67) in connection with the situation regarding Juan Eyeme Maye, former national delegate of the National Security Institute (INESCO). In the statement Mr. Nguema Maye said that, while he was being held by the police in April 1990 he was never subjected to ill-treatment nor did he suffer any torture. Indeed, matters were made very easy for him, and he received visits from relatives and friends at any time of the day. In addition, he was never at the Bata prison, as stated in the appeal. 96. On 24 October 1991 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government of Equatorial Guinea concerning Mr. Gabino Obiang Ela Abeme, said to have been arrested on 5 August 1991 in Nfulayong-Esandon, Añisok district, province of Wele-Nzas, by soldiers and members of the Moroccan Guard. According to the information received, when he was arrested Mr. Ela Abeme was tortured brutally before being taken to a prison in Bata. In view of his age (62) and his delicate state of health, fears were expressed about his physical integrity and the fact that he might still be subjected to ill-treatment. 97. In a letter dated 8 November 1991 the Government said that Mr. Obiang Elá had been held for a few days by the police in Bata because he had been found to be in possession of propaganda classed as unlawful by the competent authorities. Although this was true, Mr. Obiang Elá had been released without charges being brought against him. Ethiopia Urgent appeals 98. On 1 May 1991 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government of Ethiopia concerning the following persons who were arrested in Asmara or in Keren (Eritrea) between September 1990 and February 1991: Belew Gebre-Medhin, Fituwi Asres, Gebre-Hawariat Keshi Andekial, Kidane Gebray, Russom Fissehatsion, Tsegay Gebre-Tinsae, Tsehay Mogos, Yasin Saleh Ismail, Yemane Seyoum Brei, Al-Amin Mohamed Sheikh Nur, Bakhiet Maibetot, Hassen Osman Djal, Stefanos Wolde-Ghiorgis, Suleiman Abbas (first Secretary of the Official Workers Party of Ethiopia in Keren) and Yasin Mohamed Attay (Chief of Mensa