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Bahrain Interior Ministry Says Prison Inmates Enjoy All their Rights
2017-10-20
The Bahraini Ministry of the Interior said that inmates held in Bahraini prisons "receive all the rights stated in the Reform and Rehabilitation Institution law", in response to calls for respecting the basic rights of prisoners.
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Al-Wefaq: 4000 Detainees in Bahrain Subjected to Political Retaliation
2017-10-19
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society appealed that there are over 4000 prisoners of conscience in the Bahraini prisons “subjected to political retaliation” after several reports about detainees subjected to torture and enforced disappearance.
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Sheikh Isa Al-Qaffas Returned to his Prison Cell Two Weeks after Being Held in Solitary Confinement
2017-10-18
The security authorities in Dry Dock Prison returned on Wednesday (October 18, 2017) detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Al-Qaffas to his prison cell two weeks after no news were reported about him and being held in solitary confinement.
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Court Fines Attesting Witness for not Attending Trial of Suspects Accused of Escaping Dry Dock Prison
2017-10-10
The First High Criminal Court ordered the Public Prosecution to summon the 19th attesting witness in the case of 23 suspects who 17 of them could flee Dry Dock Prison on June 3, 2016, after attacking and beating a number of policemen and stealing a bus drives by an Asian man. The rest of the suspects whose ages range between 19 and 27 years helped the fugitives to flee and hid them.
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Banning Ashura Commemoration in Dry Dock Prison Leads to Hunger Strike
2017-09-24
Dry Dock Prison administration’s banning of Ashura commemoration by detainees prompted angry chants of condemnation and a hunger strike.
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Security Measures Tightened in Dry Dock Prison as Prisoners Continue Hunger Strike
2017-09-12
Families of a number prisoners held at Dry Dock Prison reported that inmates have been suffering more harassment by the security authorities, as they continue their hunger strike in protest of the deterioration of prison conditions.
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Trial of Two Defendants Accused of Attacking Policeman in Dry Dock Prison Begins
2017-08-26
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of two suspects (18 and 19 years) to September 25, with the continued detention of the suspects until the next session.
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Dry Dock Prison Administration Refuses to “Temporary Release” Detainee to Attend His Mother’s Funeral Procession
2017-08-24
Dry Dock Prison administration (pre-trial detention) refused to temporary release detainee Fadhel Rabie, from Al-Daih, to attend his mother’s funeral procession who died yesterday (Wednesday, August 23, 2017).
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ICSRF Demands Probe into Violations Committed inside Dry Dock Prison
2017-08-23
The International Center for Supporting Rights and Freedoms (ICSRF) demanded the Bahraini authorities to probe into the violations committed in Dry Dock Prison (pre-trial detention), particularly “ward 1”.
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HR Activist Radhi Al-Qatari Transferred to Dry Dock Prison
2017-08-03
Activists on social media reported that human rights activist Radhi Al-Qatari was transferred to Dry Dock prison (Pre-trial Detention Center), about 2 months after being interrogated, tortured and ill-treated.
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Human Rights Activist Mohammad Khalil Moved to Dry Dock Prison, Month after Interrogation
2017-08-03
Activists on social media said Bahraini authorities transferred human rights activist Mohammed Khalil to Dry Dock prison (Pre-trial Detention Center), one month after his interrogation.
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Shiite Cleric Arrested for 2 Weeks Pending Investigation over “Inciting Hatred against Regime”
2017-06-29
Bahrain’s Public Prosecution ordered on Wednesday (June 28, 2017) the arrest of Shiite cleric Sheikh Hasanain Al-Mhanna for 2 weeks pending investigation and transferred him to Dry Dock Prison in Al-Hidd.
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“Dry Dock” Prisoners Tell a Tale of their Suffering: Lack of Sun, Food, Medication, Human Value
2017-06-14
For over a year, the detainees at the Dry Dock prison haven’t seen the sun light. This is no exaggeration; this is a real crime.
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Appeals Court Sentences Policeman to 3-Month Jail Term with Execution of Sentence over Stepping on Detainee’s Head
2017-05-12
The Third High Criminal accepted the objection of a suspect in form and substance, annulling the appealed verdict and accepted the appeals in form but in substance rejected the appealed verdict and ordered to stop the execution of 3-month jail verdict that starts from the date of issuing the verdict against a policeman accused of beating a detainee.
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LMRA Terminates License of Domestic Workers Office over Charge of “Human Trafficking”
2017-05-04
The Ministry of Interior denied what was reported by family of detainee Hussein Jaffar Abdullah Abu Hamad (21 years) about their son not receiving his medications in Dry Dock Prison.
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MoI Says Detainee Hussein Abu Hamad Receives Necessary Medical Care in Dry Dock Prison
2017-05-04
The Ministry of Interior denied what was reported by family of detainee Hussein Jaffar Abdullah Abu Hamad (21 years) about their son not receiving his medications in Dry Dock Prison.
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Geneva: Bahrain MoI Denies Collective Punishment against Detainees in “Jaw”, “Dry Dock” Prisons
2017-04-25
Director of Legal Affairs at the Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior Rashid Bunajma, denied the practice of any collective punishment or issuance of any instructions to limit the rights of inmates after the prison break incidents at “Jaw Central Prison” and “Dry Dock” Prison.
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Family of Detainee Hussein Abu Hamad Demands Allowing him Receive his Medications in Dry Dock Prison
2017-04-24
Family of detainee Hussein Jaafar Abdullah Abu Hamad (21 years) demanded the competent parties in the reform and rehabilitation center in Dry Dock Prison to allow their son receive his medications prescribed by a doctor, in Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex, after undergoing a surgery in his stomach.
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2&7-Year Jail Term Handed down to 3 Defendants Accused of Escaping Dry Dock Prison
2017-04-21
Bahrain’s Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a suspect to 7 years in prison and 2 others, who escaped with him from dry dock detention center, to 2 years.
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3&5-Year Jail Term handed down to 8 Detainees over Escape Attempt
2017-04-18
Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced 8 detainees, arrested over political cases, including a Gulf youth, to terms ranging from 5 to 3 years in prison, over escaping from detention center after attacking policemen with a shaver and piece of iron.