MDE 25/007/2005
Further Information on UA 218/05 (MDE 25/004/2005, 23 August 2005)
04 November 2005
Amnesty International has learned that ’Abdullah Sultan al-Subaihat, Mohammad Ahmad Saif al-Ghufli and Sa’eed ’Ali Humeid al-Kutbi were released without charge by the authorities in Abu Dhabi on 25 October. They had reportedly been held incommunicado by the Amn al-Dawla (State Security) since their arrest on 2 August. It is not known whether they were tortured or ill-treated in detention.
Humeid Salem al-Ghawas al-Za’abi, who was detained by military intelligence personnel on 17 March 2004, remains in incommunicado detention without charge or trial. His place of detention is not known and he was allowed to speak briefly on the telephone to his family on 3 November, and told them that he was in good health. The reasons for his arrest and detention are still unknown.
RECOMMENDED ACTION : Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English or your own language :
welcoming the release of ’Abdullah Sultan al-Subaihat, Mohammad Ahmad Saif al-Ghufli and Sa’eed ’Ali Humeid al-Kutbi, who had been detained incommunicado for almost three months ;
expressing concern that Humeid Salem al-Ghawas al-Za’abi remains held incommunicado, without charge or trial, and without access to lawyers and relatives ;
seeking clarification of the reasons for his continuing detention ;
urging that he be released immediately and unconditionally as he has been detained without charge since 17 March 2004.
APPEALS TO :
His Excellency
Major-General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister of the Interior
Ministry of the Interior
POB 398
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Fax : + 971 2 4414938 / 4 3981119
Salutation : Your Excellency
His Excellency
Muhammad Nukhaira Al-Dhahiri
Minister of Justice, Awqaf & Islamic Affairs
Ministry of Justice, Awqaf & Islamic Affairs
POB 753
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Fax : + 971 2 6810680 / 4 2825121
Salutation : Your Excellency
His Excellency
Rashid ’Abdullah Al-Nu’aimi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
POB 1,
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Fax : + 971 4 2280979
Salutation : Your Excellency
Ambassade des Emirats Arabes Unis
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 73
1050 Bruxelles
Fax : 02/646 24 73
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