Maldives: Fear of torture or ill-treatment/incommunicado detention/prisoners of conscience

Index Number: ASA 29/001/2003
Date Published: 24 June 2003
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Maldives

Prisoners of conscience Mohamed Zaki and Ahmed Ibrahim Didi were reportedly recently transferred from the prison island of Maafushi to Dhoonidhoo detention centre, on a small island north of the capital Male'. They are being held incommunicado and are at risk of torture or ill-treatment.