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BCHR: The Accused of Forming Saraya Al-Ashtar were Tortured
2015-06-12
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain Center for Human Rights stated on Wednesday (June 10, 2015) that it received information confirming that “the accused in the Saraya Al-Ashtar case were subjected to physical and psychological torture.
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Al-Wefaq’s Annual Report Reveals Horrifying Numbers: Bahrain Judiciary Issues Prison Sentences reaching up to 11,000 years
2015-06-09
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued on Monday (June 8, 2015) its annual report of 2014, entitled: “Reform in Bahrain: Game of Numbers,” referring to the courts in Bahrain that have issued prison sentences over political issues that amount up to 11,000 years.
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Al-Wefaq Issues Report about Jaw Prison Unrest: Testimonies Made with Broken Teeth
2015-06-07
Bahrain Mirror: Hadi Al-Musawi, head of the Al-Wefaq's human rights department, issued Sunday (May 31, 2015) a report about Jaw Central Prison, entitled “Jaw Prison Unrest: Testimonies made with broken teeth.”
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Bahraini Ombudsman Annual Report: We Investigated 11 death cases in Jaw prison
2015-06-02
Bahrain Mirror: Ombudsman Nawaf Al-Moawda stated that, during the period between May 1st 2014 and April 30, 2015, the Secretariat of Ombudsman “received 908 grievances including 319 complaints and 589 help requests.”
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Britain Unveils New Sections of a Secret Report about Bahrain
2015-06-02
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The British government officially released yesterday (May 29, 2015) retained sections of a report about Bahrain that dates back to 1977 due to a court order, that supported not publishing the whole document, but ruled that the remaining details be disclosed.
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Bahrain’s PDRC Ignores Jaw Prison Incidents in its Press Conference
2015-05-21
Bahrain Mirror: During a press conference, Chairman of the Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission (PDRC), Nawaf Al- Moawda, spoke of the commission’s achievements, yet making no mention of Jaw prison, where prisoners are being subject to the worst forms of torture and degrading treatment.
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Amnesty International: The Bahraini Detainee Ahmad Mshaima’ Needs an Urgent Action
2015-05-17
Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International has launched an urgent action to release the prisoner of conscience Ahmad Mshaima’ stating that he may be at risk of further torture and other ill-treatment.
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Bahraini Detainee: Pakistani Police Cried as Jordanian Officers Humiliated us
2015-05-14
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A detailed testimony of a Bahraini detainee’s sister clearly reflects the agony that has overwhelmed her young brother, the humiliation he is suffering from, his hunger, his longing for living in a clean environment free of filth, and the abuses he is subjected to at the hands of Jordanian police.
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Bahrain: The Torturers Take "Selfie" with their Dangerous Capture: The Child Ahmed Al-Arab
2015-05-12
On April 28th 2015, the ministry of Interior declared that it had arrested 28 Bahrainis whom it accused of being involved in terrorist processes. Among the 28 arrested was a 16-year-old boy, Ahmed Al-Arab.
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Bahrain's SIU Received 28 Complaints Including 18 Allegations of Torture
2015-05-12
The member of the Special Investigation Unit, Ibrahim Al-Kuwari, said the unit received last April 28 complaints, 18 of them were on allegations of torture and nine on allegations of maltreatment, while one was on allegations of using excessive force by the public security forces into which an official investigation had been launched.
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"Human Rights Watch" Publishes the Bahraini Inmates' Stories: This is What Happened in Jaw Prison
2015-05-08
Human Rights Watch published on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 the stories of the inmates in Jaw Central Prison who were recently released. It also tackled the incidents that sparked inside the prison in March 10, 2015.
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An Indian Cartoonist Posts a Caricature about Torturing the Human Rights Defender Hussein Jawad
2015-05-01
The Indian cartoonist, Aseem Trivedi, posted a caricature that depicts the suffering of Hussain Jawad, the chairman of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights, in the Bahraini prisons.
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The Family of the Blind Prisoner, Jaafar Maatouk: His Skin Color had Turned Darker Because of Torture!
2015-05-01
After his family was allowed to visit him in Jaw Prison on April 21, 2015, the blind prisoner, Jaafar Maatouk, refused to talk about the torture he was subjected to. His family said that his skin color has turned darker than before.
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Attacked and Bitten By Dogs...Detainee Talib Ali: If I Showed You My Tortured Body, You'd Fall Apart
2015-04-29
After the family of detainee Talib Ali, who is sentenced to 50 years in prison, was able to visit him on Sunday, they realized that all the reports about torture are true and not exaggerated.
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Bahraini Prisoner: Jordanian Forces Torturing Us Are Like ISIS
2015-04-24
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive):: One of the detainees held in Jaw Central Prison, who refused to disclose his name, described the Jordanian police who are responsible for the prison’s security and for torturing them since the Jaw Prison incident (March 10, 2015) as forces similar to ISIS.
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That’s How We Saw Detainee Ali Sanqour: Carried Because of a Broken Pelvis, Why? Because They Forgot Him (Hanging)
2015-04-23
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): We were heartbroken. We raised our heads to be shocked. It’s the detainee Ali Sanqour carried by his fellow detainees. He wasn’t even able to drag his feet. His body was exhausted. He couldn’t move or walk.
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According to a Recently Released Detainee: Blind Prisoner, Jaafar Maatouk, is being Brutally Tortured
2015-04-19
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A detainee, recently released from Jaw Prison, revealed to Bahrain Mirror that the blind prisoner, Jaafar Maatouk (24 years old), is being brutally tortured and beaten since the Jaw Prison incident on March 10.
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New Report by Amnesty Highly Criticizes Bahrain: Brutality and Torture Remains a Hallmark
2015-04-17
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): In a new inclusive report on Bahrain, Amnesty International cites serious accounts of torture and demonstrates how little has changed since 2011, as brutality remains a hallmark of Bahrain’s security forces.
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No front teeth, broken nose and bleeding ear…Abbas Al-Sameea: I am being executed everyday
2015-04-15
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): During the latest events that occurred in Jaw prison, Abbas was particularly targeted. This wasn’t a surprise. His face was severely beaten, specifically on his nose and ear. It is unknown whether the blue mark on his nose is caused by a wound or a broken bone, since he hasn’t been examined by a doctor yet.
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Commencing a Trial of 5 Bahrainis Accused of Spying with Iran's Revolutionary Guard
2015-04-15
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain High Criminal Court, headed by Judge Sheikh Mohammed bin Ali Al Khalifa and membership of the two judges, Dia Huraidi and Saber Jomaa, and secretariat of Naji Abdullah, has commenced the trial of 5 Bahrainis accused of spying with Iran's Revolutionary Guard aiming at carrying out explosions and destabilizing security.