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Police Force Surrounds Building 7 in Jaw Prison Where Prisoners Are Protesting against the Isolation of their Fellow Inmates
2024-03-09
Armed police forces surrounded Building 7 in Bahrain's Central Jaw Prison on Friday (March 8th, 2024), following a protest by prisoners.
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Jaw Prison Administration Transfers 4 Prisoners to Isolation, Prisoners Stage Protest
2024-03-08
The administration of Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison transferred 4 prisoners to isolation in an arbitrary move on Thursday, March 7th, 2024.
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Two Young Political Prisoners in Dry Dock Go on Hunger Strike in Protest Against Their Isolation
2024-03-07
Political prisoners Ali Isa Al Ithnaashar and Hussain Matar, held in the Dry Dock prison, announced on Monday, March 4, 2024, their two-week hunger strike in protest against being jointly isolated in a cell for a year.
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Jaw Prisoners Return Meals in Protest against Violations of "Striking is Our Right" Agreement
2024-03-07
Inmates in Building 9 of Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison returned iftar meals on Wednesday (March 6th, 2024), in protest against what they described as violations of the "Striking is Our Right" agreements by the officer in charge of the building.
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Political Prisoner in Jaw Prison Hussein Ibrahim Demands Access to Medical Treatment
2024-03-06
Political prisoner Hussein Khalil Ibrahim complained about the Jaw Central Prison administration's denial of his treatment for several ailments.
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2023 Portfolios: Government's Attempt to Polish Image by Hosting Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly Backfires
2024-02-29
Bahraini authorities faced a challenging week as they hosted the 146th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly from 11 to 15 March 2023, welcoming hundreds of representatives from all over the world. During the event, a number of participants shed light on human rights violations in Bahrain and the imprisonment of regime critics, including Danish Bahraini citizen Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who has been held behind bars since 2011.
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2023 Portfolios: Largest Ever Strike in Jaw Prison Amid Deteriorating Prison Conditions
2024-02-12
On August 7, 2023, hundreds of prisoners at Jaw Prison initiated a hunger strike to protest the harsh prison conditions within the facility. By the end of August 2023, the strike had garnered the participation of at least 800 prisoners, amplifying the challenges within Bahrain's primary detention center where political dissidents are held.
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BCHR Demands Jaw Prison Allow Political Prisoner Sadiq Salman to Participate in Father's Funeral
2024-02-12
Zainab Al-Khamis, head of the Monitoring and Follow-up Committee at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, demanded that the administration of Jaw Central Prison facilitate the temporary release of political prisoner Sadiq Ali Salman to attend the funeral and burial of his father, who passed away on February 9, 2024.
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Jaw Prison Refuses Temporary Release of Political Prisoner Muhammad Al-Aradi to Attend Grandmother's Funeral
2024-02-12
The administration of Jaw Central Prison refused to grant temporary release to political prisoner Muhammad Amin Abdul Hakim Al-Aradi.
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Bahrain's Jaw Prison Hides Medication of Political Prisoner Mohammad Hassan Al-Ramel
2024-02-07
The family of the political prisoner Mohammad Hassan Al-Ramel, held in Jaw Central Prison, expressed concerns about his fate after he developed severe infections in his legs following a surgery, and not being allowed access to medication by the prison administration.
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Deterioration of Political Prisoner Hamad Kadhem's Health Due to Jaw Prison's Denial of Treatment
2024-02-05
The health of the prisoner of conscience held in Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison, Hamad Yousif Kadhem, deteriorated due to the prison administration's negligence of his condition and its prevention of treatment for him.
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2022 Portfolios: Interpol Colludes with Serbia and the UAE to Extradite Bahraini Dissident Ahmed Jaafar
2023-12-09
In the early hours of January 24, 2022, Serbia closed the file on Bahraini dissident and torture survivor Ahmed Jaafar, handing him over to Manama after about two months of detention. This took place despite a European court decision prohibiting it, following pressure from Interpol, now led by the Emirati Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, and from Bahrain's security forces.
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2021 Panorama: Deaths of Barakat and Malullah, Coronavirus Outbreak, Hunger Strikes, Attacks and Medical Negligence in Bahraini Prisons
2023-10-06
The plight of detainees in Bahrain's prisons was far from an improvement over preceding years. A disturbing narrative unfolded in 2021, revealing deliberate medical negligence, a severe Coronavirus outbreak, hunger strikes, physical attacks, and a lack of humane treatment within the confines of the Dry Dock and Jaw Central prisons.
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HR Organizations Call on Bahrain to Release Dr. Al-Singace on 2nd Anniversary of his Hunger Strike
2023-07-12
Human rights organizations sent a letter to the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa demanding them to release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace after two years of hunger strike.
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Jaw Prison Administration Seeks Sheikh Hasan Isa's Help to End Protest of Political Prisoners
2023-04-11
Jaw Prison administration sought the help of former Al-Wefaq MP, prisoner of conscience Sheikh Hasan Isa, to convince political prisoners protesting against stopping their calls with their families to end their protest and return to their cells.
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Maryam Al-Khawaja: Bahrain Regime Setting up Circumstances to Cause Death of My Father and Other Prisoners, West Government Should Move before It's Late
2023-03-28
Maryam Al-Khawaja posted a tweet on her Twitter account saying that the Bahraini authorities once again prevented her father from seeing a cardiologist, which puts his life to more danger.
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Detainee Serving Life Term Sentence Calls on Int’l Monitors to Visit Prisons
2023-03-17
Sayed Abbas Al-Sayed Mahdi, who has been detained for 10 years and is serving a life term sentence, sent a letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights about the systematic ill-treatment and harassment political prisoners have been subjected for years, calling on the international monitors to visit prisons.
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Editorial: Jamal Fakhro and His False Public Testimony
2023-03-16
Jamal Fakhro, a member of Bahrain's appointed Shura Council, attempted to conceal something of massive importance. He has made repeated attempts to silence European parliamentarians who have raised concerns about political prisoners in Bahrain, particularly the prominent activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, during the IPU conference.
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Jaw Prisoners: We will Start Open Strike If Prison Administration Continues to Neglect our Demands
2023-02-24
Political prisoners in Jaw Central Prison said that they will go on an open strike if the prison's administration continues to neglect their just demands which they talked about in their audio messages from prison and explained the suffering and ill-treatment they are subjected to.
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Prisoners of Conscience: We were Surprised by Stubbornness of Prison Administration, We will Continue our Peaceful Movement until Achieving our Demands
2023-02-08
Prisoners in Jaw Central Prison said on Tuesday (February 7, 2023) that they will continue their peaceful movement until they achieve their demands.