Yemen: Fear of ill-treatment / medical concern / possible prisoners of conscience

Index Number: MDE 31/015/1997
Date Published: 20 November 1997
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Yemen

Hussein Ba'um, Muhsin al-Amudi, Hussein Sa'id al-Muhammad and at least 28 others: At least 31 people, arrested between 10 and 13 November 1997, have alledgedly been subjected to beatings and ill-treatment in custody. AI fears that they are at risk of further ill-treatment in prison.