Bahrain: Further information on fear of torture / medical concern / faer of medical neglect / ill-treatment

Index Number: MDE 11/003/1999
Date Published: 27 January 1999
Categories: Bahrain, Middle East And North Africa

Shaikh 'Abd al-'Amir Mansur al-Jamri, Shaikh Hassan Sultan, Shaikh 'Ali Ashour, Shaikh 'Ali bin Ahmad al-Jeddhafsi, Shaikh Hussein Al-Deihi, Hassan Meshema'a, Sayyed Ibrahim Adnan al-Alawi, Abdul Wahab Hussein and many others have remained in detention, without trial or charge since January 1996. The Bahrain government has stated that it intends to try them for instigating violence and sabotage.