The Maldives: Further information on prisoners of conscience / fear of torture or ill-treatment

Index Number: ASA 29/006/1998
Date Published: 25 August 1998
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Maldives

Amnesty International remains concerned about at least 20 people who reportedly remain in detention on suspicion of spreading Christian beliefs, and are being held in conditions that appear to amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. .