Bahrain: Further information: Opposition activists' appeal hearings begin

Index Number: MDE 11/034/2012
Date Published: 24 May 2012
Categories: Bahrain

The appeal of 13 opposition activists has started in Bahrain. Hunger-striker Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja attended the hearing in a wheelchair. Two of the 13 described to the court how they had been tortured in 2011.