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an iron bar or a plastic tube (falaga) - blows to the soles of the feet with
studded clubs, cigarette burns, electric shocks to the sensitive parts of the
body, being bludgeoned all over the body, as well as kicked and punched.
234. The following persons are among those reportedly subjected to torture or
ill-treatment over the last three years:
(a) Sayyed Ben Burawi Ferjani, Lutfi Zaitoun, Mohsin Habouria and
Taoufik Mejri; all four belonged to a group of some 150 former army or police
officers arrested in November 1987;
(b) Salih Abderrahmane El-Abidi, arrested in January 1988 and again
on 14 February 1990. A medical certificate written on the same day is said to
have confirmed that there were injuries on various parts of his body;
(c) Jamal Abdel Nasir El-Sayari, arrested on 14 October 1988. A medical
certificate issued on 27 October 1988 is said to have confirmed his
allegations of torture;
(d) Abdel Kadir Ben Omer Bouazizi, arrested on 18 October 1988;
(e) Moncef Matalla, Moulidi Abassi, Mohamed Al-Tahir Hamouda,
Mabrouk Abdeljaouad and Noureddine Brahimi, all members of the al-Nahda Party,
were detained in June 1989. Medical certificates issued on 24 June 1989,
reportedly confirmed their allegations of torture;
(f) Imed Ben Ahmed Amdouni, arrested on 18 July 1989. He was reportedly
admitted to the hospital on the same day after being beaten up. A medical
certificate dated on 17 August allegedly confirmed his allegations;
(g) Ibrahim Rejichi, arrested on 19 August 1989 at Monastir. He was
allegedly beaten up by police officers. A medical certificate established
on 30 August 1989 is alleged to have confirmed that he was suffering from
insomnia and anguish;
(h) Fathi Ali Hachad, arrested on 6 September 1989. He was allegedly
subjected to various forms of torture, including sexual harassment;
(i) Murtada Labidi, accused of being a member of the PCOT, arrested
on 16 September 1989. During his trial, the court reportedly recognized that
the police had extracted confessions under torture both from him and from the
other persons being tried with him, but apparently the allegations of torture
were not investigated by the authorities;
(j) Mohammed Mezzi, arrested on 26 December 1989;
(k) Raouf Gritli, Tarek Sallami and Nizar Ouni, arrested in Tunis after
a demonstration in favour of the al-Nahda Party, on an unspecified date.
Medical certificates issued on 18 March 1990 reportedly confirmed their
allegations of torture;
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