Four youths arrested and tortured severely so that they confess to charges of riots, attacking officers and damaging security vehicles.

Detained human rights activists are suffering from severe illnesses and require urgent medical care; however, they continue to be ill-treated.

A medical report submitted in court on 16 April 2008 concluded that the protestors detained after the December-17 demonstration were tortured.

Two human rights activists, detained in December 2007 demonstrations in Bahrain, collapsed on 26 March 2008, after three days of hunger strike.

Detained human rights activists in Bahrian to appear in court on 17 March 2008.

In this ‘What’s New’ a series of Alerts outlining recent human rights issues in Spain, Nigeria and Egypt. Press Releases on issues relating to Trinidad and Tobago and Bahrain as well as a briefing on the young Uyghur Women forced into labour.