E/CN.4/2001/83 page 19 court of Syriah Fujairah, which sentenced her to death by stoning. According to the source, the court had sentenced a man who killed his wife with a rock to four years’ imprisonment and 70 lashes. According to the information received, Kartini bint Karim did not receive information or consular assistance. The Special Rapporteur requested the Government of the United Arab Emirates to commute Kartini bint Karim’s sentence and release her. 80. In a letter dated 14 April 2000, the Government of the United Arab Emirates reported to the Special Rapporteur on the case. The letter specified that the Indonesian authorities in the country had been informed and that Kartini bint Karim had received legal assistance. The Special Rapporteur received information from the source that Kartini bint Karim had been released and had returned to Indonesia. United States of America 81. On 14 June 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent a communication to the United States Government expressing her concern about the situation of Mexican migrants in the Arizona border area. The Special Rapporteur had received information about the organization of groups of armed ranchers for the capture of so-called illegal migrants. According to the information received, several migrants had been killed and large numbers of others felt that their lives were in danger. In the above-mentioned communication, the Special Rapporteur asked the United States Government to adopt measures to protect the right to life of Mexican migrants in the area and to extend an invitation to her to visit the border with Mexico. As stated below in the section on “Visits”, the United States Government agreed to invite the Special Rapporteur. Lebanese Republic 82. On 17 November 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal jointly with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on torture about the cases of Trabun Ibrahim Laku, Gilbert Kwagy, Adam Abu Bakr Adam and Saah Muhammad Abdallah, Sudanese citizens seeking asylum in Lebanon. According to the information received, these persons are being detained incommunicado in Furn al-Shibak, a general security detention centre in Beirut. It is reported that about 200 migrants and asylum-seekers from Sudan and Iraq are being detained in the same conditions in the country on charges of illegal entry. The Special Rapporteur was informed that the persons in question had been subjected to torture and degrading treatment, allegedly to make them withdraw their applications for asylum in Lebanon. B. Communications through normal channels Spain 83. The Special Rapporteur sent a communication to the Spanish Government on 14 November 2000 about the situation of immigrants who work and live in the Andalusian town of El Ejido (Almería). According to the information received, the migrants’ living, health and work conditions in the area are worrying. The migrants are working in especially difficult conditions, which are even worse in the case of so-called “undocumented migrants”. The source informed the Special Rapporteur that the total number of migrants in that category was