of mistreatment had been filed with the Office of the Public Prosecutor and medical examination had confirmed they had not undergone torture. The High Criminal Court had agreed to the request by the accused's lawyers for their clients to be referred to an independent medical panel for examination, which had found old scars and bruises on their bodies that were not determined to be the result of torture. The appeals of the accused against their convictions had been dismissed. The Special Rapporteur expressed concern about the significant increase in the number of allegations received and communications sent during the reporting period and also deep concern about the physical and psychological integrity of human rights defenders in Bahrain, in particular about the reported practice of detention in undisclosed locations and treatment in detention. Death threats After 10 March 2011, messages calling for Fateel and human rights defenders Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja (of Human Rights Defenders) and Mohammed Al-Maskati (of Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights) to be "killed and liquidated" as traitors and "heads of agitation and disorder in our beloved Bahrain" were circulated via SMS and social networking sites. One message reportedly alleged that they were "the instigators of disorder", who had organized movements of sabotage". Rupert Colville of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the messages had included detailed information that could be used to locate the three human rights defenders, including names, home addresses, photographs, personal identification card numbers, profession, telephone numbers, make of car and registration numbers. He voiced the UN's grave concern for the activists' security and called on the Bahraini government to protect them. The organisation Front Line considered that the death threats were directly related to legitimate and peaceful work in defence of human rights and in particular the activists' participation in explicitly peaceful protests calling for democratic and human rights reforms in Bahrain. Amnesty International has called on the Bahraini authorities to ensure the safety of three human rights activists and mount an immediate, thorough investigation to identify the source of the threats, which contained all the information about the activists that would be found on a national ID card, prompting suspicion that the source of the threats may have been Bahraini security intelligence officials who would have easy access to such information. In April 2011 the Bahraini organisation Bahrain Centre for Human Rights which defends and promotes human