Bahrain: fear of forcible exile: Salah Abdalla Ahmed al-Khawaja

Index Number: MDE 11/004/1996
Date Published: 15 February 1996
Categories: Bahrain, Middle East And North Africa

The above is reported to be at risk of being forcibly exiled from his country. He was released on 13 January 1996 after completing a seven-year prison sentence for political opposition activities. During the last year of his sentence he was apparently told that he would be forcibly exiled upon release.