Bahrain: Further information on: Fear of torture / legal concern: Ahmad al-Shamlan

Index Number: MDE 11/013/1996
Date Published: 7 May 1996
Categories: Bahrain, Middle East And North Africa

On 5 May 1996 the State Security Court acquitted the above, a 54-year-old lawyer and writer, of charges of possessing and acquiring literature containing false information and distributing such information. He had previously been released pending trial.