Saudi Arabia: Possible prisoner of conscience/Torture and ill-treatment/Incommunicado detention

Index Number: MDE 23/009/2003
Date Published: 23 October 2003
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Saudi Arabia

Possible prisoner of conscience Um Sa'ud, is being held in al-Malaz prison in Riyadh. She was allegedly beaten and ill-treated at the time of her arrest by security forces. Um Sa'ud and at least 82 other possible prisoners of conscience, are not only at risk of torture and ill-treatment, but may be held solely for the non-violent expression of their conscientiously held beliefs.