Saudi Arabia: Further information on Fear of amputation /Torture and other ill-treatment

Index Number: MDE 23/025/2008
Date Published: 1 July 2008
Categories: Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Hamid Ibrahim Sulayman, Hassan Bashir and Muhammad Salih received at the end of June 2008 a copy of the verdict handed down in March following their trial before a criminal court in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. The verdict confirmed that they had been convicted of robbery and that they were each sentenced to having their right arm amputated.