EXTERNALAI Index: MDE 25/01/98

4 February 1998

Further information on UA 244/96 (MDE 25/10/96, 24 October 1996) - Fear of torture/ Possible prisoners of conscience

UNITED ARAB EMIRATESJassim ’Issa al-Yassi, aged about 26

Ahmad ’Abdullah Makki, aged about 28

Yassir ’Abdullah Makki, aged about 26,

brother of Ahmad ’Abdullah Makki

Amnesty International has learned that the three men named above were released on 29 January 1998. No further details are available.

No further action is required by the Urgent Action network. Thank you to all those who sent appeals.