E/CN.4/1995/34 page 87 up to 10 days at a time. During such periods of incommunicado detention, incidents of torture or ill-treatment were reported to occur. Beatings, including falaqa (beatings on the soles of the feet), were said to be administered in an underground corridor known as Saha, within GID headquarters in Amman. 454. Persons detained in non-political cases by the Public Security Directorate (PSD) were said commonly to undergo torture or ill-treatment, but such incidents were generally not properly investigated. In one reported incident, Ahmad Mustafa was allegedly beaten in PSD custody in Ma’an in February 1993. He was reportedly hospitalized as a result of the beatings, but a request for an investigation and compensation by his lawyer was said to have gone unanswered. 455. On 21 November 1994 the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that nothing that would contravene its international or national legal commitments had occurred in GID prisons. An individual questioned by the General Attorney is legally entitled to have a defence lawyer present during the entire investigative process. If, however, the General Attorney deems that the investigation has to be expedited for fear that evidence might disappear or that communication may make it possible for partners of the suspect to escape, he may exceptionally proceed without the lawyer’s presence. The Government also stated that the allegations regarding the existence of places where torture takes place as well as the means and instruments of the alleged torture were totally unfounded. Kenya Information transmitted to the Government 456. By letter dated 21 July 1994 the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received allegations of torture or ill-treatment in the individual cases described in the following paragraphs. 457. David Njenga Ngugi was arrested with five other persons and charged with robbery. He allegedly suffered torture to his genitalia and feet and was thereafter denied medical treatment. The Nairobi Chief Magistrate was said to have ordered that the six defendants receive medical attention from their own doctors while on remand, but it was unknown whether they had received such treatment. 458. Thomas Njoroge and Stephen Maina were arrested in early November 1993 at Namanga, near the border with the United Republic of Tanzania. They were allegedly tortured during a week-long detention in Criminal Investigation Department custody and were later denied medical treatment at Kamiti prison in Nairobi. 459. Ephran Muchiri Muhoro, Jimmy James Waigwa, and Samuel Mwangi Kariuki were among a group of persons arrested in Nakuru in November 1993 and subsequently tried for armed robbery. They were said to have been tortured in police custody and to have required medical attention. According to the allegations, Ephran Muchiri Muhoro suffered a ruptured bladder and a fractured leg, Jimmy James Waigwa suffered a burst eardrum and loss of hearing, and