E/CN.4/2001/66 page 128 655. By the same urgent appeal, the Special Rapporteurs intervened on behalf of three other women in Khiam detention centre, namely, Asmahan El-Khalil from Aychiya who had reportedly been arrested on 10 September 1999, Chamlakan Hussein Assaf, a nurse from Arnoun working in the clinic of Dr. Husein Toufaily in Nabatie, who was reportedly arrested in Arnoun on 23 November 1999, and Samira Hassan Attieh who had been arrested in Arnoun on 23 November 1999. 656. On 27 April 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Mohammed Yaqub, who had reportedly been arrested by the South Lebanon Army (SLA) in the previous two weeks and was detained at Khiam detention centre. The specific reasons for his arrest are not known, but it is believed that he is suspected of helping the resistance to the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. 657. By the same urgent appeal the Special Rapporteur intervened on behalf of Mohammed Hassan Yaqub, Hussein Baher Jom’a and Yasir Ramiz Abu-‘Aliwa, who had reportedly been arrested by the SLA on 18 April 2000 and were believed to be detained at Khiam detention centre. The specific reasons for their arrest are not known. 658. On 12 May 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Ibrahim Mahmud Sallah, who had reportedly been arrested on 24 April 2000 and had since been detained incommunicado at the GSS interrogation unit of the Jerusalem detention centre. His counsel filed several petitions to gain access to him. 659. On 19 May 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Mohammed Ali Kharroubi, who had reportedly been arrested on 11 May 2000, as well as of Ibrahim Harb, Malak Ibrahim Harb, his daughter, and Sati’a Bazzi, all three from Bint Jubayl (south Lebanon), and Hussein ‘Awda, from al-Magora village (south Lebanon), who had reportedly been arrested on 16 May 2000 by the South Lebanon Army. All were reportedly detained at El Khiam detention centre. 660. On 21 June 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Nabil Abu Ochel, a resident of Gaza, who had reportedly been arrested at the Rafiah border crossing on 1 June 2000. He is said to have since been kept in incommunicado detention in the General State Security (GSS) interrogation unit at the Shikma detention centre. Several petitions have been filed on his behalf by his lawyer with no avail. 661. On 11 July 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Mohammed Mustafa Mohammed Abed El Aziz, a resident of Beit Lahiya, who is reportedly physically disabled and confined to a wheelchair and who had reportedly been arrested at the Erez border crossing on 2 July 2000. He has reportedly since been held in incommunicado detention in the General State Security interrogation unit at the Shikma detention centre. 662. By letter dated 5 December 2000, the Government responded that he was being investigated for alleged involvement in terrorist activities for both HAMAS and Osama Ibn Laden. During the investigation, he confirmed that he was indeed an active member of these two organizations, that he had planned a number of terrorist activities involving the use of explosives, the kidnapping of soldiers and the killing of persons suspected of cooperation with