Oman: Fear for safety/Fear of Torture or ill-treatment

Index Number: MDE 20/001/2002
Date Published: 26 June 2002
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Oman

Australian national, Dr Faiza Alani has been held at the Seeb police station in the capital Muscat since 26 June. She is reportedly being denied food, water and toilet facilities. She has not been charged and has been denied access to lawyers. Her passport was confiscated by the police in July 2001 and she has previously been held in incommunicado detention and ill-treated.