E/CN.4/1995/34 page 137 715. On 23 May 1994 the Government replied that no person had been detained because of a relationship to, or friendship with Major General Salah Jadid. The Government replied further on 21 July 1994 that none of the persons named in the urgent appeal by the Special Rapporteur were in detention and each was living at his place of residence. Information received from the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 716. On 1 September 1993 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Hassiba ’Abd al-Rahman, who was reportedly arrested on 8 June 1993 on suspicion of links with the banned Party for Communist Action and was being held in incommunicado detention. On 11 February 1994 the Government replied that Hassiba ’Abd al-Rahmand was detained for being a member of a terrorist group, was never subjected to torture and was released on 15 November 1993. Togo Information transmitted to the Government 717. By letter dated 7 June 1994 the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information concerning Attiogbé Stéphane Koudossou and Gérard Akoume, who were arrested on or around 26 July 1993 and were allegedly tortured in police custody at the Lomé national gendarmerie. They were said subsequently to have confessed on national television to having carried out bomb attacks and on 13 August they were tried by the Tribunal des flagrants délits. Their lawyer made an unsuccessful attempt to have the proceedings suspended on the ground that the only evidence for the prosecution was their confessions, which had been obtained under duress in police custody. The lawyer also asked that they be examined by a forensic physician, but the tribunal refused. The trial therefore continued and they were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. 718. The Special Rapporteur also informed the Government that reports were received according to which Simianleine René Odanou and Jacques Odanou had been arrested in Korbongou in April and March 1993, respectively, because of their activities in opposition to the incumbent Government. They were detained for several weeks at the platoon camp of the national gendarmerie, where they were allegedly beaten severely and given electric shocks. Follow-up of cases transmitted previously 719. By the same letter the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received new information regarding previously transmitted cases, as described in the paragraphs below. 720. On 6 May 1993, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government on behalf of the following persons: Latévi Prosper Lawson, Jean Lawson Laté, Jules Gagli, Rosali Gagli, Koffi Agbali, Sossouvi Afatchawo, Kossi Amedegounou, Koudjo Atsu, Kodzo Akakpo, Kossi Assignon, Alphonse Adjeovi, Agbévé Toyo, Komi Kpetigo, Sévi Sadi, Antoine Aboudou, Kossi Fiagnon, Folly Kuegan Yao Agbagnon, Tchassé Koumi Koffi Toyo, Ahamadou Boukari, Komi Hounkpati, Ekue Koulepato, Folly Ananou and Kokou Gakoto. According