E/CN.4/1991/56 page 115 3. Abdullah Ali Musa, a 29-year-old Saudi ARAMCO employee were arrested on 24 September 1989, when they were attempting to stage a procession of Ashura. Nine other Shi'as were also arrested for the same reason. According to the report, all were released on 4 October 1989. 4. Lhara Habib Mansur al-Nasser, a 40-year-old housewife from the village of Anjam in the Eastern Province, was arrested with her husband on 15 July 1989 at the Hudaitha check-point on the Saudi-Jordanian border. They were reportedly detained for possessing a photograph of Ayatollah Khomeini and a Shi'a prayer book. Mrs. al-Nasser died in custody on 18 July 1989, allegedly bearing marks of torture. Her husband was subsequently released." 83. On 14 November 1990, the Government of Saudi Arabia sent the following reply to the Special Rapporteur: "1. We have already replied to the communication. We informed you that our provided the Centre with our comments on contents) relating to the subject matter subject matter of the above-mentioned record shows that we have already all the communications (and their you now repeatedly communicated to us. 2. Your above-mentioned communication enclosed another communication addressed to us dated 6 June 1990. Our comments on this particular communication are the following: 'The communication of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights (No. G/SO 214(53-5) dated 6 June 1990) relates to crimes and punishments of persons who went through legal procedures in accordance with laws of the land applicable to all its inhabitants, native or non-native. No one is forced to live and work in Saudi Arabia against his will. If he dislikes its laws and legislation he should not choose to live in it, but if he does he should strictly respect and accept its laws and legislation. If he violates them, he is then subject to the measures in existence. The information transmitted to us in the communication of the Special Rapporteur states that those involved in the crimes were punished after being convicted of their various charges. Hence, their conviction was in accordance with the law of the land.'" Turkey 84. In a communication of 20 September 1990 addressed to the Government of Turkey, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "According to the information received, Mr. Osman Coskun, an imam, was arrested on 7 August 1986 and tried before a criminal court in Ankara under article 163 of the Penal Code for 'attempting to change the secular nature of the State'. He is reported to have been sentenced in November 1986 to seven years and three months of imprisonment and that this sentence had been quashed on appeal. After re-trial, Mr. Coskun is reported to have been sentenced in December 1987 to 16 years and eight months imprisonment, on charges of "anti-secular propaganda" and "membership of an anti-secular organization". Mr. Coskun was reportedly tried and sentenced not for his activities in Turkey but for his activities as imam among the Turkish community in the Federal Republic of Germany."