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Press Conference for Bahraini Governmental Institution: Prisons are Free from Torture
2017-09-11
Days after Amnesty issued its report in which it confirmed that Bahrain oppresses its dissidents, a Bahraini governmental institution asserted that prisons are free from any form of systematic torture and ill-treatment.
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Bahrain Mirror Publishes Lawyer Ibrahim Sarhan’s Statement: That’s what happened to me in National Security building in Bahrain after statement given to Al-Mayadeen
2017-08-26
Lawyer Ibrahim Sarhan recounts the brutal torture he suffered at the hands of the NSA, speaking of the events of his two interrogations; on May 23, 2017 and May 31, 2017 after he had given a statement to the Al-Mayadeen satellite television channel.
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Bahrain Denies Use of Torture in NSA: Part of Historic Qatari Conspiracy against Bahrain
2017-08-24
Commenting on the report issued by 3 human rights organizations that confirmed that the National Security Agency (NSA) uses systematic torture, the security authorities in Bahrain said on Wednesday (August 23, 2017) that they are not engaged in torture.
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“Chambers of Death”: Report Issued by 3 HR organizations Documenting Violations committed by Bahrain’s National Security Agency
2017-08-22
Three human rights organizations issued an extensive report on the violations committed by the Bahraini National Security Agency (NSA).
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Ibtisam Al-Saegh in Phone Call: What I was Subjected to was Heinous, World Must Take Action so No Other Woman would Experience it
2017-08-16
Prominent human rights activist and detainee Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that the stripping of clothes and sexual abuse she was subjected to by the members of security authorities affiliated to the Ministry of Interior were heinous, adding that this should be brought to halt and not to be repeated with any other woman.
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Case of Nabeel Rajab over Criticizing War on Yemen Adjourned until Sept. 11
2017-08-08
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Ibrahim Al-Zayed with the membership of judge Wajih Al-Shaer and Yousif Bu Hardan as a secretariat adjourned the case of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab to September 11 for pleading.
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Bahrain Doctor Recounts Atrocity in NSA Torture Rooms: Even King can’t Rescue you
2017-08-07
Social media activist Bahrain Doctor said that the National Security Agency (NSA) has recently brutally tortured 5 citizens and asked them to totally stop their media and human rights work.
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BIRD: National Security Agency Tortures Citizens, Yousef Al-Jamir his Recent Victim
2017-08-07
Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said that the National Security Agency has summoned Yousef Al-Jamri and interrogated him 3 times this week, tortured him, and threatened him with rape.
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Tweeter Yousef Al-Jamri to Lodge Complaint against his Torturers at National Security Apparatus
2017-08-06
Yousef Al-Jamri confirmed that he was heading to the Office of the Inspector-General to lodge a complaint against his NSA torturers.
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Tweeter Asks Bahrain King Protection from National Security Service
2017-08-04
Bahraini sent video on Twitter addressing Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, asking the monarch to offer him protection from the National Security Apparatus (NSA).
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How Bahrain Uses Sport to Whitewash Legacy of Torture and Human Rights Abuses, The Guardian
2017-07-29
Campaign groups argue that Bahrain’s association with glamour sport is used to ‘launder’ a more wholesome image for the country.
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Officers al-Shihi & Al-Amadi Limit Access to Cold Water Drinking for Dry Dock Prisoners
2017-07-22
Complaints from Dry Dock prisoners continue to rise as one prison said, “Prison warden Abdullah Rashid al-Shihi increase restrictions, and we are suffering in asking for cold water in this hot summer, since cold water is outside the room where we are locked in.”
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Questions for Head of Bahrain’s NSA 10 Days After Ebtisam Al-Saegh’s Arrest, Brian Dooley
2017-07-18
Human Rights First’s Brian Dooley wrote a letter addressing the President of Bahrain’s National Security Agency (NSA), Sheikh Talal bin Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, 10 days after Bahraini human rights activist Ebtisam Al-Saegh’s Arrest.
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Ibtisam Al-Saegh Moved to Women’s Prison in Deplorable Condition
2017-07-07
Information reported that detainee Ibtisam Al-Saegh was moved to the women’s prison in Isa Town in a deplorable condition.
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Ibtisam Al-Saegh Calls Family amid Extreme State of Distress
2017-07-06
The family of detained activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh expressed deep concern over her health after a phone call, during which she seems in distress.
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BCHR Issues Report on UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Calls on Gov’t to Halt Torture
2017-07-06
Marking the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) strongly condemned Bahrain’s systematic use of torture.
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Amnesty: Bahrain Woman Human Rights Defender at High Risk of Torture, Sexual Assault
2017-07-05
Amnesty International expressed deep concern from Bahraini human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh being at risk, and called on the "Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally" release her.
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Reuters: Rights Group Says Bahrain Arrested Alleged Torture Victim
2017-07-04
A Bahraini activist was arrested at her home late on Monday by masked and armed state security officers, a month after she complained of being tortured and sexually assaulted when she was summoned for questioning, a London-based rights group said.
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Bahrain Rearrests Prominent HR Activist Previously Tortured, Sexually Assaulted by Police
2017-07-04
The civilian forces arrested on the dawn of Tuesday (July 4, 2017) human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh who was tortured and sexually assaulted during her last arrest.
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HR Activists’ Interrogations: Testimonies of those Tortured at Muharraq Police Station’s 3rd Floor
2017-07-02
“The time of Human Rights has ended,” is one of the most popular phrases that the Interior Ministry’s security interrogators have recently been saying repeatedly to peaceful activists in interrogation rooms.