Bahrain: Deaths in custody / fear for safety

Index Number: MDE 11/008/1997
Date Published: 30 June 1997
Categories: Bahrain, Middle East And North Africa

'Abd al-Zahra Ibrahim 'Abdullah and Shaikh 'Ali Mirza al-Nakkas: Mass arrests and the deaths in custody of the above named prisoners in the past month have prompted fears for the safety of other political detainees and prisoners of conscience currently held incommunicado.