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EU Special Representative for HR Expresses Concern about Prisoners' Hunger Strike in Bahrain
2023-08-31
Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights announced via "X" platform that "I share the concern of the United Nations about the continued prisoner hunger strike in Bahrain, and the humanitarian situation of all involved, including Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja whose case I have followed for many years."
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UN Concerned for Wellbeing of Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Bahrain, Ready to Assess Conditions
2023-08-30
With a hunger strike by several hundred prisoners over conditions in Jaw prison in Bahrain now into its 24th day, we are deeply concerned for the wellbeing of those involved," the United Nations stated on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.
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MoI Announces "Reviewing Visitation System", Ignores Demands of Detainees on Hunger Strike
2023-08-30
Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said on Monday that "the current visitation system and its development to increase the allotted durations as well as considerations for amending conditions related to the visitors' list were reviewed," but without mentioning the removal of the glass barrier.
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Coordinating Committee of Strike of Political Prisoners in Jaw Central Confirms Continuing Hunger Strike
2023-08-30
The coordinating committee of the strike of political prisoners in Jaw Central Prison announced that "the proposed solutions, and what will be considered, do not meet the very necessary needs of the detainees," stressing that the Interior Ministry's statement "did not meet their very simple aspirations.
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Jaw Prison Officer to Detainee Mansour Khalaf after Subjecting to Sexual Harassment: We Earn Reward from God because You're Rafidi
2023-08-30
Mansour Khalaf, a political detainee in Jaw Central Prison, who is on hunger strike, was sexually harassed and his Shiite sect was insulted because he demanded his right to receive treatment for several diseases.
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Jaw Prison Director Orders Handcuffing Detainees on Hunger Strike from Behind While Transferring them to Infirmary
2023-08-30
The director of Jaw Central Prison, Hisham Al-Zayani, ordered police at the prison to handcuff detainees on hunger strike from behind while transferring them to the infirmary, according to the director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Ahmed Al-Wadaei.
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Jaw Prison Administration: All Inmates have Right to Non-Violent Protest
2023-08-30
The Jaw Prison administration told the AFP that "all inmates have the right to non-violent protest," claiming that "additional care and advice have been afforded to them."
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Iran: We have Considerations, Expectations Regarding Our Relations with Bahrain
2023-08-30
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that Iran gives much importance to its relations with Bahrain and that messages are being exchanged between the two countries and indirect negotiations are currently underway.
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Policeman in Jaw Prison to Detainee Ahmed Jaafar: We Brought You Here so We can Rape Your Mothers
2023-08-29
The Wall Street Journal stated that political prisoner in Jaw Prison Ahmed Jaafar, who is on hunger strike, was verbally and physically abused by officers and police in prison and transferred to solitary confinement.
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Number of Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Jaw Prison Increases to 804
2023-08-28
The number of political detainees in Jaw Central Prison on hunger strike on their 20th day has increased to 804, according to Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD).
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Activists in Diaspora Go on Hunger Strike on Tuesday in Solidarity with Prisoners
2023-08-28
Bahraini activists in diaspora announced that they go on a hunger strike on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, "in solidarity, support and advocacy for the oppressed political prisoners on hunger strike in Bahrain's prisons."
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Sayed Al-Ghuraifi: Unemployment Crisis Confuses Homeland, Prisons' Overcrowding Worsens Paths
2023-08-28
Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi stressed that "the homeland only becomes stable by approaching crises with wisdom, awareness and insight," pointing out that "the unemployment crisis confuses the homeland and prisons' overcrowding worsens the paths and complaints of detainees need to be seriously addressed."
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Sheikh Sanqour: Prisoners' Cause still Pending Although It's Pure Humanitarian
2023-08-27
The Friday preacher of the Imam Sadiq Mosque in Diraz Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, said that "the prisoners' cause is still a pending issue, despite the fact that it is a purely humanitarian cause," hoping that "it is addressed as the homeland deserves that we strive to take the path that'll overcome its pain and that of its people."
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A'ali Residents Denounce Abdulnabi Salman's Statements: Denial of Reality, False Testimony
2023-08-25
Bahrainis residing in A'ali denounced the statements of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abdulnabi Salman, who commended the human rights situation in Bahrain, and praised the role of human rights agencies affiliated with the authorities.
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Sheikh Mirza Al-Mahrous Almost Died, Authorities Returned him to Prison before Completing his Treatment
2023-08-25
The spokesman for the "Prisoners' Affairs Authority in Bahrain ", Jaafar Yahya, revealed that prisoner of conscience in the Central Jaw Prison, Sheikh Mirza Al-Mahrous, "almost died" due to his health deterioration.
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BCHR: Lives of 183 Children in Bahraini Prisons in Danger
2023-08-25
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) stressed that "a distressing reality persists as children find themselves confined within detention facilities, facing numerous challenges that not only compromise their well-being but also breach the very international agreements designed to protect their rights."
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16 Jaw Prisoners in Isolation to Relatives: We Need Your Support, Abandoning Us Will Affect Us and Our Families
2023-08-24
Bahrain Mirror: A group of 16 political detainees held in isolation in Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison sent a message addressing citizens in general, and their relatives in particular, stressing the need to offer them support, warning that "the consequences of letting them down may affect the hearts of detainees and their families and its effects will persist."
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Jaw Prison Detainee Fails to Obtain Eyeglasses after Several Attempts
2023-08-24
Ali Abdulhalim, a detainee in Jaw Central Prison, who is on hunger strike, confirmed that he repeatedly tried with the prison administration and its clinic to obtain eyeglasses, but none of them responded to him.
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Detainee Fadel Abbas: Jaw Prison Administration Prevents My Necessary Treatment after Surgery, Wants Me Dead Body
2023-08-23
Detainee Fadel Abbas in Jaw Central Prison confirmed that he was prevented from entering the prison's clinic on Sunday, August 20, 2023, despite his deteriorating health condition, noting that the prison administration portrays his situation as "good".
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Detainee Ahmed Isa Abdulhussein Launches Hunger Strike until Achieving his Demands
2023-08-23
Ahmed Isa Abdulhussein, a detainee in Jaw Central Prison, sentenced to life imprisonment, announced launching hunger strike until achieving his demands after exhausting all attempts and knocking on all doors for 4 years.