E/CN.4/2001/66 page 154 à l’aéroport de Rome le 15 juillet 2000 après avoir détruit leurs passeports libyens. Le 17 juillet, les autorités italiennes les auraient envoyés au Maroc. Ils seraient actuellement à Casablanca. 775. Le 23 octobre 2000, le Rapporteur spécial a envoyé un appel urgent en faveur de Lazaar Mohamed ould Mohamed-Lamin et Daoud Mohamed-Salem Falli, qui auraient été arrêtés le 5 octobre 2000 par les forces armées marocaines près de Guelta Zemour au Sahara occidental et conduits au poste militaire des forces armées royales basées à Guelta, où ils auraient été maltraités. Au matin du 6 octobre, ils auraient été conduits auprès des forces de la police royale qui, en compagnie d’officiers de la police judiciaire de la division d’El Aaiún, auraient continué à les interroger et à les torturer. Ils auraient été inculpés le 9 octobre de “formation d’un gang” et de “tentative d’immigration illégale”. Ils auraient été finalement transférés à la prison connue sous le nom de “prison noire”. Myanmar 776. By letter dated 5 October 2000, the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information according to which the conditions of detention in several prisons and Military Intelligence detention centres amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Convicted prisoners are reportedly tortured for breaking prison regulations. The reported lack of medical assistance, combined with an inadequate diet, is feared to have serious consequences for prisoners with a fragile health and to aggravate the situation of those that have been incarcerated while already suffering from bad health. Some prisoners have reportedly been placed for long periods of time in tiny cells meant for dogs. The conditions of detention in the prisons of Insein, Myitkyina, Kachin State, Thayet, Myingyan and Tharrawaddy are reported to be especially harsh. Cases of torture and other forms of ill-treatment of prisoners in the Military Intelligence detention centres are reported. In particular, torture of political detainees is believed to be routine, especially during the initial process of interrogation. In particular, the Special Rapporteur transmitted information concerning the following individual cases. 777. Pa Nya Paw, a Karenni Buddhist, was reportedly tortured to death in early April 1997. He was reportedly detained and interrogated by Division 22 of the armed forces (tatmadaw) about the whereabouts of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). During his interrogation the army officers allegedly punched and kicked him until his limbs were broken, smothered him with plastic and poured boiling water on him. He reportedly died from his injuries. 778. Daw May Win Mint an elected Member of Parliament from the National League for Democracy (NLD), was reportedly arrested on 28 October 1997 after an attempt by the NLD to hold a meeting with its leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in Mayangone. She was allegedly deprived of water and mishandled during interrogation. 779. James Mawdsley, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Australia, was reportedly arrested on 31 August 1999 in Tachilek and was held in solitary confinement in Kengtung prison. He was allegedly tortured for 14 hours during his previous incarceration, in May 1998, by being forced to stand blindfolded for hours at a time without water, or by being laid on the floor, a bamboo stick across his legs, with two men sitting on either end of the stick and rolling it back and forwards along his shins. The reason for his detention is believed to be his activism