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Bahrain: Attack on the medical profession as doctors and nurses are arrested, detained, abducted and ill-treatedposted on: 2011/05/26

The medical profession in Bahrain has been targeted by the authorities following the recent protests calling for political reform in the Kingdom. On 3 May 2011, the Military Public Prosecution charged 24 doctors and 23 nurses and paramedics of various offences based on "investigation results" and "confessions of some of the defendants". Serious violations against the medical profession in contravention of Bahraini and international standards have included arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, abduction, beating and verbal abuse. Scores of medical personnel have been held in incommunicado detention during which they were reportedly tortured and ill-treated apparently to force them to confess to charges leveled against them.

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Western Saharan human rights defenders prison sentence extendedposted on: 2007/05/28

On 22 May 2007, a Court of Appeal in El Ayoune extended the sentences of leading human rights defenders Brahim Sabbar and Ahmed Sbai detained in El Ayoune Civil, ‘Black Prison’ since June 2006.

Fears for three Turkmen human rights defenders held incommunicadoposted on: 2006/08/03

Three Turkmen human rights defenders arrested on charges of “illegal weapons possession” have been held in prison without contact with lawyers or family members for over a month.

Front Line believes that the charges against Annakurban Amanklychev, Ogulsapar Muradova and Sapadurdy Khajiyev are fabricated because of their legitimate and peaceful work in the defence of human rights.

All three human rights defenders are members of the Bulgarian based NGO, the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation (THF) and Ogulsapar Muradova also works as a journalist for the American-funded Radio Liberty.

Front Line has received reports that the three have been ill treated in detention and Amanklychev and Muradova were forcibly administered psychotropic drugs in order to extract confessions.