E/CN.4/1992/17 page 18 57. Regarding the events of 15 May 1991 in the Sancti Spiritu prison centre, the Government has said that they took place as a result of personal quarrels among the prisoners who began to attack one another, and subsequently when the prison warders tried to restore order. Some of the prisoners were armed and, in the process of bringing them under control, several were injured and three were killed (José Roberto Garcia Iglesias, Julio Mondeja Alvarez and Eloy Javiel Mata). Five prison warders were also injured. 58. On 18 October 1991 the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government of Cuba transmitting information to the effect that Mrs. Maria Celina Rodriguez, president of the religious association Libertad y Fe, was detained with her three-year-old son on 2 August 1991 by members of the State Security Department and taken to the L and Malecón Police Station. She was subsequently transferred to other State security units and on 8 August was placed in the Havana Psychiatric Hospital, where she was separated from her son. According to the reports, she was held for several days among the mental patients, who constantly insulted and threatened her; in addition she was forced to witness the electric shock treatment given to patients. Information has also been received that the hospital authorities threatened to subject her to similar treatment. She was released at the end of the month. 59. In the same letter the Special Rapporteur also communicated to the Government that he had received two reports of cases of persons who, during the 1970s and 1980s, in particular, had allegedly been held in psychiatric hospitals on political grounds and who had been subjected to various forms of physical and mental torture such as the abuse of electric shock and drug therapy. 60. In a note verbale dated 24 October 1991, the Government said that Mrs. Rodriguez had been held without her son on 2 September 1991 on charges of causing public commotion and that she had remained in custody for only one day. During the proceedings preparatory to the trial, the Prosecutor-General's Office requested that Mrs. Rodriguez should undergo an expert medical examination to determine whether her attitude was caused by psychiatric disorder. The examination was made with her full consent and at present she is completely free and has never been subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment. 61. The Government also said that no form of physical or mental abuse is practised in the Republic of Cuba and that the law stipulates harsh penalties for any officials or authorities who commit such offences. In addition, psychiatric treatment is given in accordance with the relevant professional standards of mental health and with the consent of the person concerned. Djibouti Letters and Government replies 62. On 17 April 1991 the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government of Djibouti transmitting information to the effect that several people who had been arrested between 9 and 11 January 1991 in Djibouti City were allegedly tortured in detention. Their names and positions are reported as follows: