E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 34 refería a Juvencio Padrón Dueñas, Félix Molina Valdés y Carlos Cruz Seguis, condenados a muerte por la Corte provincial de Ciego de Avila, así como Carlos Rodríguez Gorrín, condenado a 30 años de prisión. Según la información recibida, los cuatro inculpados habrían sido golpeados y forzados por la policía para que firmaran declaraciones confirmando los cargos en su contra, declaraciones que constituirían la prueba principal para su inculpación. Denmark Urgent appeals sent and replies received 164. The Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on 5 May 1995 on behalf of Hassan Adel, who had been a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. According to the reports, Mr. Adel was refused political asylum by the Danish authorities and was being held in Sandholm detention camp, facing expulsion from Denmark. Fears were expressed that if deported to the Islamic Republic of Iran he might be arrested and subjected to torture. 165. On 18 July 1995 the Government replied that the Refugee Board, an independent body composed of representatives from the public authorities, lawyers and the non-governmental Danish Refugee Council, had on 10 March 1995 rejected Hassan Adel’s asylum claim. The Refugee Board decided on 9 June not to reconsider his case. An application to the Ministry of the Interior for a residence permit for humanitarian reasons was rejected on 19 April 1995 and a request for resumption of his case was also declined on 24 May. His date of departure was moved to 1 July 1995 and he subsequently left the Refugee Centre where he was residing. It was assumed that he left Denmark without the assistance of the Danish authorities. Replies received from the Government with respect to information transmitted previously 166. By letters dated 20 December 1994 and 13 February 1995 the Government notified the Special Rapporteur that, pursuant to a risk assessment study undertaken by the Medico-Legal Council, the Ministry of Justice would continue the suspension of the use of the "leg-lock" restraint. This method of restraint had been a subject of concern of the Special Rapporteur, as expressed in the letter transmitted to the Government on 5 August 1994. Dominican Republic Información recibida del Gobierno sobre casos incluidos en informes anteriores 167. El Gobierno envió al Relator Especial información relativa a los casos de Felipe de Jesús Medrano García, Juan Díaz Ulerio, Luis Lizardo Cabrera y Víctor Manuel Peñaló, que habían sido transmitidos en 1993 y 1994. 168. Respecto al caso de Felipe de Jesús Medrano García, el Gobierno informó que el tribunal de primera instancia de justicia policial declaró culpables de haberle propinado golpes a dos capitanes de la policía condenándoles a seis meses de prisión correccional en un caso y a un mes de suspensión en el ejercicio de funciones en el segundo. Posteriormente, la Corte de Apelación