E/CN.A/1990/17 page 29 tongue; being left with a dirty Back or hood placed over the head for the whole period except during interrogation, which caused breathing difficulties and drowsiness. The names of the persons allegedly responsible for these practices were transmitted to the Government. Towards the end of his stay in detention in October 1988 he shared a cell with Mr. Iz Edin Aryan, a pharmacist whom he knew, who was the Chairman of the Red Crescent Society in the West Bank. Mr. Aryan had allegedly been severely tortured. 92. On 19 July 1989 the Special Rapporteur addressed a letter to the Government of Israel transmitting information contained in numerous reports he had received alleging severe beatings of Palestinians in the occupied territories while in the custody of members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) or the Border Police. Several such cases were reported in detail: (a) Fihmi Hussein Daoud Ishtayeh, aged 41, from Salim village near Nablus. On 22 March 1989 he was shot and injured by soldiers who arrived in the village following a demonstration. According to Ishtayeh and eyewitnesses, as he was lying on his back, soldiers jumped on him, beat him with clubs, rifle butts and stones, and dragged him by his neck for a distance of 200 metres during which a soldier kicked and beat him on his head with a helmet. He fainted, and when he regained consciousness a soldier burned the skin of his ear with a cigarette lighter. Soldiers also burned his left foot with cigarettes and pulled his moustache. The soldiers eventually drove him to hospital where an operation was performed on his foot and stomach. Ishtayeh was reportdly at present confined to bed or a wheelchair and could not move around without assistance; (b) Ra'ad Adwan, aged 15. On 26 April 1989 he was stopped in Nablus by eight border policemen. One of them hit Adwan's head against their jeep, and then he was beaten by others, sometimes with rifle butts, for several minutes on various parts of his body and kicked in the stomach. He was then taken to hospital and underwent intestinal surgery; (c) Nidal Qa'bi, aged 20. On 27 April 1989 he was stopped, together with his father, by some 15 border policemen, in the Balata refugee camp, near a spot where a tyre was burning. He was ordered by the policemen to extinguish the tyre and clean the road, and when he refused some of the policemen started beating him with clubs and rifle butts. After he fell to the ground they dragged him near the burning tyre, dropped his hands on it, and left him there. He was taken to hospital in a state of semi-consciousness. The injuries he sustained included a fracture of the nose, lacerations to the face and head, requiring stitches, and burns to his hands. 93. On 4 October 1989 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government of Israel concerning the case of Amin Muhammad Yousif Amin, aged 21, who on 1 August 1989 was arrested by the Israeli military authorities in Ramallah. On 5 August 1989, he was reportedly transferred from Ramallah prison to Dhahiriya army detention camp and wa6 almost continuously interrogated, for the following 24 days, by a team of five Israeli security personnel, whose names, or nicknames, were transmitted to the Government. During that period he was allegedly tortured. The methods of torture included severe beatings, electric shocks, denial of sleep and prolonged periods of exposure to harsh weather. His request to see a doctor was denied for several days and his hospitalization was delayed for five days despite a doctor's