China: Risk of torture for 17-year old in China

Index Number: ASA 17/071/2009
Date Published: 15 December 2009
Categories: China

Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz, a 17-year old boy, has been held incommunicado since 27 July in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and his family fear for his life.