PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 24/016/2009

9 June 2009

Further information on UA 90/09 (MDE 24/007/2009, 30 March 2009) and follow-ups (MDE 24/09/2009, 9 April 2009; MDE 24/012/2009, 6 May 2009; MDE 24/014/2009, 12 May 2009) Fear of torture or other ill-treatment

SYRIA Maryam Kallis (f), aged 36, UK national

Yasser Zahur Ahmed (m), aged 28, UK national

Maryam Kallis and Yasser Zahur Ahmed were released on 7 June and returned home to their families in the UK.

They had been held without charge for almost three months without access to legal assistance or their families.

No further action is requested from the UA network. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.