E/CN.4/1993/26 page 34 Information received from the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 115. On 21 July 1992 the Government forwarded a reply concerning the case of Mr. Emiro Bustamente who was detained in Sucre on 10 February 1989. The case was brought to the Government's attention on 6 June 1990 (E/CN.4/1991/17, para.49). The reply stated that Mr. Bustamente had been arrested by police from the San Benito Abad station on 11 February 1989 and released the following day. The Human Rights Office considered that Mr. Bustamente's allegations of torture were unconvincing and in a decision dated 4 May 1992 ruled against a formal disciplinary enquiry and ordered the case to be filed. Information received from the Government in connection with Commission resolution 1992/42 116. In a letter of 24 July 1992 the Government reported that the activities of various violent groups external to the State were a direct impediment to the enjoyment of the rights set out in the Declaration on Human Rights and such instruments as the International Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and on Civil and Political Rights. These activities had a variety of effects on the rights established in the instruments cited and besides causing material losses had a serious impact on the nation's social and political life. Many of the victims were well known and highly regarded political trade union and civic leaders. Cuba Information transmitted to the Government and replies received thereon 117. The Special Rapporteur informed the Government in a letter of 21 August 1992 that he had received information on various cases of torture and maltreatment in Cuba. The Government replied in a communication dated 2 November 1992. 118. Some of the cases mentioned involved the 10 prisoners in the combined eastern prison listed below. 119. Jesús Hernández Luis was severely beaten on the head with wooden bats and electric prods on 9 November 1991 because he asked for more food. In spite of his injuries he was refused medical assistance and was sent to a punishment cell. 120. The Government reported that there had been no incident involving the prisoner. There was no trace of such an incident in the prison records and the prisoner stated that he had never been placed in a punishment cell and had not been maltreated. 121. In November 1991 Luis Enrique Ramos was handcuffed and beaten with electric prods until he fainted because he had asked for more food. 122. The Government reported that no prisoner answering this description appears in the prison records.