Iraq: Incommunicado detention/fear of torture or ill-treatment: Kamal Sayid Qadir (m)\n

Iraq: Incommunicado detention/fear of torture or ill-treatment: Kamal Sayid Qadir (m)\n

Index Number: MDE 14/046/2005
Date Published: 30 November 2005
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Middle East And North Africa, Iraq

Writer Kamal Sayid Qadir, aged 48, Austrian national, writer, who has Austrian citizenship, was reportedly abducted on 26 October, while on a visit to Iraqi Kurdistan, by members of Parastin. He is being held incommunicado, and Amnesty International fears that he may be tortured or ill-treated. He has not had access to lawyers and to Amnesty International's knowledge has not been charged or given access to his family.