Bahrain: Further information: Health professionals imprisoned

Index Number: MDE 11/058/2012
Date Published: 2 October 2012
Categories: Bahrain

Six health professionals – whose jail sentences were upheld by the Court of Cassation in Manama, the capital of Bahrain – were arrested on 2 October. They are prisoners of conscience held solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.