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Jaw Prison Denies Sheikh Ali Salman’s Brother Treatment after Suffering “Sickle” Seizure
2018-08-20
Family of detained Ahmad Mirza said that Jaw Prison authorities refused to allow him leave the prison to the hospital or to the prison’s clinic. It also denied him medications and pain killers despite suffering severe sickle seizure that causes him extreme pain.
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Prisoners in Jaw Prison Suffer from Skin Diseases, Prevented from Treatment: Yousif Al-Muhafda
2018-08-18
Vice president of SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights Yousif Al-Muhafda said that some inmates in Jaw Central Prison suffer from skin diseases, indicating that the prison authorities are preventing them from their right to treatment.
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Bahrain Prisons: Cemetery of the Living, Prisoners’ Denial of Treatment Indicates Disaster
2018-08-18
Activists have confirmed that prison authorities in Bahrain are denying political prisoners treatment, which has led to the deterioration of the health conditions of hundreds of detainees.
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Detainee Mohammed Hussein's Father: My Son is Dying and They Don’t Want to Treat Him
2018-08-10
Mohammed Hussein, the father of the detainee Hussein Mohammed Hussein, issued a voice message saying that his son's health is deteriorating.
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Families of Jaw Prison Detainees Ring the Alarm: 23-Hour Daily Water Deprivation
2018-08-09
Detainees in Jaw Central Prison are suffering from extremely harsh conditions. Information stated that water is cut off 23 hours a day, and air conditioners are halted most of the times, despite the extreme hot weather.
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SALAM Organization: 8 Jaw Prisoners Suffered Food Poisoning
2018-07-14
The Salam Organization for Democracy and Human Rights said that 8 detainees held at Jaw prison in Bahrain suffered from food poisoning.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against Policeman, Expelling him over Admitting Mobile Phone to Inmate in Jaw Prison in Return for Bribery
2018-06-07
The Fifth High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeal submitted by a policeman in Jaw Prison convicted of receiving bribery from an inmate whose family name is "Balawi” in return for providing him with a mobile phone and a ring. The suspect was sentenced to 3 years in jail and 200 BD fine. The court also ordered to expel him outside the country after finishing his prison term. The court also upheld the 3-year jail term against the inmate (second suspect).
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Court Upholds One-Year Jail Term against Detainee accused of Attacking Policeman in Jaw Prison
2018-06-01
The First High Appeals Criminal Court upheld a one-year jail verdict against a detainee in Jaw Prison for attacking and insulting one of the policemen there.
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Jaw Prison Authorities Put List of Banned Shiite Religious Books
2018-05-07
Lawyer Rim Al-Shaalan said that the prison’s authorities are preventing prisoners from access to Shiite books.
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Cancer Patient Detainee Elias Al-Mullah Has Fracture in Leg, Jaw Prison Refuses to Treat him
2018-04-03
Cancer patient detainee Elias Al-Mullah said that he suffered a fracture in one of his legs few days ago after he fell down in the prison field, his family confirmed.
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Activist Khalil Al-Halwachi Suffers Clot Symptoms, Not Allowed to be Transferred to Hospital
2018-02-24
Deputy head of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights (EBOHR) Fatima Al-Halwachi said that detained activist Khalil Al-Halwachi (who is sentenced to 10 years in prison) suffers from clot symptoms.
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Bahrain's Foreign Minister: We Imprison our Citizens according to International Standards!
2018-01-18
The Bahraini FM, who forgot or acted as if he has forgotten that more than 4,000 freedom-seeking prisoners are languishing behind bars in Bahrain, began criticizing the Qatari authorities for their human rights record.
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SIU Refers 13 Policemen to Trial over 2015 Jaw Prison Events
2018-01-12
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) in Bahrain said that it had referred 13 policemen for trial over the Jaw Central Prison events that took place in March 2015.
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2017: Rida Al-Ghasra and His Companions from “Jaw” Dark Rooms to “Martyrs in the Sea”
2018-01-08
With the onset of 2017, the Ministry of Interior announced that 10 individuals fled the prison. Inmate Rida Al-Ghasra and 9 others escaped. Therefore, the prison administration and two senior officials from the Interior Minister were referred to investigation.
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Court Sentences Policeman to 3 years in Prison, Deports him over Admitting Mobile Phone and Ring to Inmate in Jaw Prison in Return for Bribery
2018-01-03
The First High Criminal Court issued 3-year jail term against a policeman in Jaw prison who received bribery from an inmate whose family name is “Balawi” in return for providing him with a mobile phone and a ring and ordered to fine him 200 BD. It also ordered to expel him outside the country after finishing his prison term. The court sentenced the inmate (second suspect) to 3 years in prison.
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Non-Bahraini Policeman Jailed for Five Years for Smuggling Drugs to Prisoner in Jaw Prison
2017-12-25
The first high criminal court in Bahrain sentenced both a non-Bahraini policeman and another person to five years imprisonment, also fining them 3,000 BD.
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Al-Khabbaz Parents Denied Right to See their 4 Sons Together during Visit since 10 Months
2017-12-06
Families of political prisoners found the solidarity campaign launched under the hashtag #Save_Bahrain_Prisoners an opportunity to reveal a portion of the sufferings they and their sons have been experiencing.
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Court Commutes Verdict of Bahraini Woman who Tried to Provide her Detained Bother with Narcotics
2017-12-05
The High Appeals Court commuted one-year jail verdict issued against a Bahraini woman, who tried to leak drugs to her detained brother, to six months only.
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Bahraini Prisoner Maher Al-Khabaz Suffered Severe Injuries after being Beaten for Delay in Washroom
2017-11-21
According to information, Bahraini prisoner, who was sentenced to death, Maher Al-Khabaz has suffered severe injuries after being beaten by a group of prison guards before he was transferred to an unknown location, according to other inmates.
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Coinciding with Opposition Leader Trial over "Communicating" with Qatar, Newspapers & Television Banned in Jaw Prison
2017-11-20
Aliaa Radhi said that the building at Jaw Prison, where the opposition figures are held, has become completely isolated from the outside world.