United Arab Emirates (UAE): Fear of torture or ill-treatment/ incommunicado detention/ health concern

Index Number: MDE 25/004/2005
Date Published: 22 August 2005
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, UAE

'Abdullah Sultan al-Subaihat, Mohammad Ahmad Saif al-Ghufli and Sa'eed 'Ali Hamid al-Kutbi are believed to be detained incommunicado by the Amn al-Dawla (State Security) in Abu Dhabi. They have not been charged with any offence and are at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Another man, Humeid Salem al-Ghawas al-Za'abi, is receiving medical treatment after being detained without charge in solitary confinement since March 2004. His mental health is at risk if he is returned to solitary confinement.