Further information on UA 344/94 (MDE 23/05/94, 19 September) - Saudi Arabia: mass arbitrary arrests / incommunicado detention / fear of torture or ill-treatment: Sheikh Salman bin Fahd al-'Awda, Sheikh Safr 'Abdul-Rahman al-Hawali, Sheikh 'Ayedh al-Qaran

Index Number: MDE 23/007/1994
Date Published: 16 November 1994
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International has received information that some of those named above have been released; the rest remain in detention. There have also been reports of further arrests. Shikh Safr 'Abdul-Rahman al-Hawali was hospitalized at the beginning of November, but there are no further details on his condition. There remains concern that those still in detention may be subjected to torture and ill-treatment.