E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.5 page 19 imprisonment on the ground of their membership of the DHKP/C and participation in illegal activities had been quashed by the Court of Appeal. The suspects had subsequently applied to the European Court of Human Rights. On 12 October 1998, the Court of Appeal also overturned the ruling of the Criminal Court of Manisa which had cleared the law enforcement personnel of allegations of torture and ill-treatment and which had led to their release on 11 March 1998. Although the Criminal Court of Manisa subsequently insisted on its decision to acquit, the General Council of the Court of Appeal once again overturned its decision. The Court of Appeal affirmed its position that the responsible law enforcement officials committed the crime of torture and ill-treatment and could not be left unpunished. The Office of the Chief Prosecutor of the Court of Appeal refused a “revision of decision” request by the law enforcement personnel. According to the Government, the Criminal Court of Manisa is now obliged to revise the case and sentence the law enforcement personnel to imprisonment for a minimum period of 14 to a maximum period of 70 years’ imprisonment. The first hearing was held on 28 December 1999. The Government also reported that the Medical Doctors’ Association of Manisa had asked for a decision to suspend the doctors who had issued erroneous medical reports on the state of health of the young people after they had been released from custody periods ranging from three to six months, a proposal which had subsequently been adopted by the Turkish Association of Medical Doctors. Uruguay 91. By letter dated 21 January 2000, the Government responded to the cases that the Special Rapporteur had communicated to it on 12 October 1999 (see E/CN.4/2000/9, para. 1120). 92. The Government stated in its reply that Francisco Saavedra and Luis Sora, because of an incident on the public highway involving police officers, were arrested on 23 May 1999 and ill-treated by the latter. The examining magistrate confirmed the facts and on 31 August 1999 ordered the prosecution of the police officers without detention for abuse of authority. -----