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Zainab Al-Khawaja: “Jaw” Novel, A Story of Resilience
2016-12-11
This book comes to you from behind prison walls in Bahrain. It is not the story of someone who was once in prison, it is the voice of someone who still is.
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Mohammad bin Salman and Nasser bin Hamad: Who is “Iron Man”?
2016-12-10
Nasser is striving to portray himself as “a man of war” after his first two images were deformed, when he painted himself as an “athletic prince”, and was later exposed as a torturer.
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Al-Wadaei: Confessions of Al-Daih Blast Suspects were Extracted through Torture, Death Sentences are Mockery of Justice
2016-12-06
Middle East Eye website reported a judicial source saying that a “Bahraini court upheld three death sentences and seven life terms against a "terrorist" group convicted of killing police including an Emirati officer in a bomb attack.”
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Wa’ad Demands to Unveil Fate of Citizen Forcibly Disappeared since 40 Days
2016-12-04
The National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad) expressed its deep concerns at the enforced disappearance of Bahraini citizen Sayed Alawi Sayed Hussein and considered his disappearance a constitutional and legal violation incriminated by the international law. It is to mention that Sayed Alawi has been forcibly disappeared since about 40 days.
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Amnesty Calls for Urgent Action to Release Sayed Alawi Al-Musawi
2016-12-02
Amnesty International called in a statement it published on its website to urgently take action and ask the Bahraini authorities to immediately release Sayed Alawi and comply with the international laws and standards.
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Short Call from Detainee Sayed Alawi Al-Musawi…His Family Says He Seems Exhausted from Torture
2016-11-28
Family of detainee Sayed Alawi Al-Musawi said that it received on Sunday (November 27, 2016) night a call from him stating that he is at the Criminal Investigation Department, which refutes the narrative of the National Institution for Human Rights about him being found in the Pre-Detention center in Dry Dock Prison.
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Reuters: Amnesty Says Torture, Rights Abuses Persist in Bahrain Despite Reforms
2016-11-22
Torture and other forms of ill-treatment persist in Bahrain despite reforms introduced by the Gulf Arab kingdom to address alleged human rights abuses after a 2011 uprising, Amnesty International said on Monday.
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Hussein Al-Qassab: After My Release from Prison, I’m Now Imprisoned to My Wheelchair Due to Torture
2016-11-22
Hussein al-Qassab was acquitted of the charge brought against him only after he was subjected to brutal torture, leaving him paralyzed.
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Appeal Court Upholds Acquittal of Officer & 4 Policemen of Charges over "Torturing Detainees to Extract Confessions"
2016-11-20
Appeal Court upheld verdict, acquitting police officer and four policemen of charges regarding torture of detainees to extract confessions in a drug-related case.
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HR Group: Detainee Ahmad Al-Ghasra Sentenced to over 180 Years in Prison Held in Solitary Confinement since 6 Months
2016-11-18
Bahraini German Organization for Human Rights and Democracy said Bahraini detainee Ahmad Al-Ghasra has been held in solitary confinement since over 6 months.
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Bahraini Activist to The Independent: Prince Charles's Bahrain Visit “Backs Human Rights Abuses”
2016-11-11
Sayed Ahmad Alwadaei, a Bahraini activist and torture survival, said in an exclusive interview with British newspaper The Independent, that Prince Charles’s visit to Bahrain is being used to "whitewash" its record on civil liberties.
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SIU Received 14 Torture & Mistreatment Complaints, Questioned 23 Policemen Accused of Torture in October
2016-11-08
Member of the Bahraini Special Investigation Unit, Ibrahim Al-Kuwari, said that the unit received during October 14 complaints, including 7 allegations of torture and 6 claims of mistreatment by security forces. The unit has started investigations into all the complaints.
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Bahraini Detainees are to be Treated in Military Hospitals Only
2016-11-03
Detainees in Jaw Central Prison stressed that the Bahraini authorities decided not to treat them in the hospitals affiliated to the ministry of health and to only treat them in the military hospital. According to inmates’ estimations, the health of about 1500 detainees will deteriorate.
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Journalist Faisal Hayyat’s Trial Adjourned Until Nov. 29
2016-11-03
Bahrain’s minor criminal court adjourned on Wednesday (November 2, 2016) the case of Bahraini Journalist Faisal Hayyat until November 29 to issue the verdict against him.
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Photos: Authorities Release Shawki Radhi after Serving 5 and Half Years in Prison
2016-10-23
The Bahraini security authorities released on Friday (October 21, 2016) youth Shawki Radhi, from Al-Ekr village, after serving his 5 and half years prison term.
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British Police Train Bahrain how to “Whitewash” Deaths in Custody
2016-10-21
The British Morning Star website that the British police have advised their Bahraini counterparts on how to “whitewash” deaths in custody, international human rights group Reprieve alleged.
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Bahrain to Host Defense Conference Presided Over by King’s Son Accused of Torture
2016-10-20
Bahrain announced that it will host “the largest international defense exhibition and conference next year”, which will be presided over by the King son, Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who is accused of torturing political activists in prison.
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Organization Lodges Complaint against Irish Company that Trained Prison Guards in Bahrain
2016-10-15
The British Newsletter website said that “A Foreign Office-paid company has been reported to an information watchdog (Reprieve) for failing to reveal details of its work in Middle Eastern prisons where torture is allegedly rife.”
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Public Prosecution Detains Journalist Faisal Hayyat for 7 Days Pending Investigation
2016-10-10
The Public Prosecution decided on Monday (October 10, 2016) to detain journalist Faisal Hayyat for 7 days pending investigation.
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Journalist Faisal Hayyat “Immediately” Summoned for Interrogation
2016-10-09
The Security authorities summoned on Sunday (October 9, 2016) the Bahraini journalist Faisal Hayyat and asked him to “immediately appear” for interrogation.