E/CN.4/1992/17 page 69 he died the same day. According to witnesses who allegedly saw his body the next day, his limbs seemed swollen and showed traces of very violent torture which caused his death. The same source reported that no inquiry was conducted to establish the cause of death, as required by law. Mr. Chafubire belonged to the Tutsi ethnic group, which, according to this source, is the dominant force in the Uganda-based rebel movement which attacked the north-east region early in October 1990. Many people suspected of sympathizing with the movement were said to have been arrested recently and many of them were reportedly beaten and otherwise ill-treated. Several of the 13 people tried on 3 January 1991 by the Court of State Security told the Court that they had been beaten and ill-treated by members of the security forces to force them to confess. However, according to the source, the court did not take those allegations into consideration. 196. On 20 May 1991, the Government transmitted a copy of pre-trial proceedings No. 1488/05 of 20 March 1991, published by the Ministry of Justice, concerning the "Inquiry into the cases of detainees and release of accused persons who were unjustly detained". Saudi Arabia Letters and Government replies 197. On 14 February 1991 the Special Rapporteur addressed a letter to the Government of Saudi Arabia transmitting information alleging that numerous incidents of torture or ill-treatment had been perpetrated in the previous months by Saudi Arabian officials. Most of the victims were said to be of Yemeni nationality or descent and were among hundreds of Yemeni nationals arrested during September 1990. Torture allegedly occurred during arrest and detention and included severe beating, falaqa (beatings on the soles of the feet), sleep deprivation, total submersion in water and electric shocks. Two individual cases, those of Amin Shenad al-Shawafi and Said Abdo Abrahim al-Shami, were reported in particular. 198. On 28 February 1991 the Government replied that the allegations were "completely fabricated and groundless", and added the following: "Yemeni citizens living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are well considered by its Government and people ... However ... the Government of Saudi Arabia had previously granted exceptions for the Yemeni population from some rules and regulations applied to foreigners working in Saudi Arabia, but these privileges enjoyed by nobody else have been cancelled. These actions are not levelled against the Yemeni people but they are in response to the irresponsible behaviour of the Yemeni Government during the occupation by Iraq of the State of Kuwait." Senegal Letters 199. On 14 February 1991 the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government of Senegal transmitting information to the effect that the cases of torture and cruel treatment had increased in the Casamance region, in the