Bahrain: Further information: Human rights defender tortured in detention

Index Number: MDE 11/024/2011
Date Published: 6 May 2011
Categories: Bahrain

‘Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, a prominent human rights defender, has allegedly been tortured in detention and had to undergo surgery as a result of the injuries sustained. He is now being held in an unknown location in Bahrain. Two members of parliament were detained on 1 May 2011 and may also be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.