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Bahrain: Continued ill-treatment and torture of human rights defenders in detention
By ting.ting Created 2008/04/25 - 11:10Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the continued ill-treatment and torture of human rights defenders Mohammed Abdullah Al Sengais, head of the Committee to Combat High Prices; Hassan Abdulnabi Hassan and Maytham Bader Jassim Al-Sheikh, members of the Unemployment Committee; and Naji Ali Fateel, member of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR). They were arrested between 21 December and 28 December 2007 and are being detained in the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB).
Further Information
Posted 25/04/2008 Front Line previously communicated with your office on 13 February 2008 in connection with the ongoing detention and continued ill-treatment of these human rights defenders, which has included extreme physical and sexual abuse.
