PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 11/002/2008

09 May 2008

Further information to UA 119/08 (MDE 11/001/2008, 02 May 2008) Death penalty/fear of imminent execution

BAHRAIN Mizan Noor Al Rahman Ayoub Mia (m), aged 37, Bangladeshi national

Bangladeshi national Mizan Noor Al Rahman Ayoub Mia was executed on 4 June. He was the first person to be executed in Bahrain since December 2006.

He had been sentenced to death in April 2007 for the murder of his employer, a Bahraini woman.

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