E/CN.4/1993/26 page 20 were also held for 24 hours about 24 September 1991 when they were organizing a demonstration to protest against the detention of Jean-Jaques Ekindi. They are reported to have been tortured and several had to receive hospital treatment after release. Charles Tchoungang was beaten on the soles of the feet with an iron rod and whipped with iron wire enclosed in a rubber tube. Another detainee Samuel Eboua was shut up in a small dark cell in his underclothing with four other prisoners and beaten; (d) In November 1989 some 30 political prisoners in Nkondengui prison were beaten and tortured and left without medical care after the prison authorities found a radio receiver, a copy of the Koran, a chaplet and other prohibited objects in their cells. Some of the prisoners had been detained without trial. Others had been convicted by special military courts or had not been released after serving the terms to which they were sentenced after the attempted coup d'état of April 1984. Two prisoners are reported to have died after being beaten and refused medical care. There has been no official inquiry into their death or the alleged torture and ill-treatment; (e) Zama Kimbi Ndefru and Blaise Berinyuy. The Special Rapporteur has received additional information on these cases with regard to which he made an urgent appeal on 21 February 1992. According to the information received they were beaten by at least 10 members of the military police in the presence of the head of the local gendarmerie post. They were taken to the gendarmerie, again beaten and drenched in cold water. After release Zama Zimbi Ndefru had to receive hospital treatment. 63. The Special Rapporteur has received information concerning the unusually harsh conditions in Tcholliré II prison in the north of the country which is reported to have claimed many victims. Prisoners are not allowed to leave their cells. The rations of water and food are inadequate and there is no medical care. Prisoners thought to have complained are reported to have been beaten and locked in an unlighted cell for seven days. 64. In addition to the Special Rapporteur made urgent appeals on behalf of the following, who were feared to be in danger of subjection to torture. The dates of the appeals are given in brackets at the end of the summaries. 65. Senfo Tonkam, the leader of a student organization, is reported to have been arrested by members of the security forces at Douala during the night of 17/18 November after attending a meeting of the opposition parties' coordinating committee. According to the informant, many persons who were arrested for political reasons during the preceding months were subjected to torture in police stations (20 December 1991). 66. On 26 February 1992 the Government replied that Senfo Tonkam was in custody at the central prison at Yaoundé awaiting trial. He was charged with forgery, the use of forgeries and offences under the legislation on names. He had access to medical treatment and could receive visits. He was not subject to special restrictions and had not been tortured or subjected to