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Court Sentences Defendant to Two Years in Prison over Beating Policeman & Insulting Another in Dry Dock Prison
2017-04-05
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Ibrahim Al-Zayed with the membership of judges Mohsen Mabrouk and Moataz Abu Al-Ezz and Yousif Bu Hardan as a secretariat sentenced a suspect to 2 years in prison over beating a policeman and insulting another.
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Appeal: 5-Year Jail Term to Defendants Accused of Escaping from Prisoners Transport Bus
2017-03-29
The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld 5-year jail term against a defendant in the case of escaping from prisoners transport bus that was transporting them from Dry Dock Prison.
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Dry Dock Prison Prevents Access of Clothes for Detainees, Forces them to Buy Expensive Clothes from Prison
2017-03-27
The administration of Dry Dock Prison proceeded in its restricting measures against the detainees and their families. It has banned the detainees’ families from bringing in clothes to their sons who are detained over political cases.
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Mohammad Sahwan: You’ll no Longer Feel the Pain of your Wounds
2017-03-24
Martyr Mohammad Sahwan went through many difficult stages as did the rest of his family members. Belonging to the “Sahwan” family name was enough for him to become a target, let alone being a leading man of society in Sanabes.
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Online Campaign Calls on Bahrain to Release Activist Khalil Al Halwachi before Trial Hearing
2017-03-22
Fatima Al-Halwachi launched an online campaign to call on Bahrain to release her father, activist Khalil Al-Halwachi. The appeal said “Call on Bahrain to do the right thing: release imprisoned professor and activist #Khalil_AlHalwachi to his family.”
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Detainee Abu Al-Fadel Al-Qashaami Returned to his Prison Cell amid Fears of Being Subjected to Torture
2017-03-12
Detainees in Dry Dock Prison said that the state’s security apparatus returned detainee Abu Al-Fadel Al-Qashaami to his prison cell three days earlier, after no one knew anything about him.
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Bahraini Detainee Tortured after Refusing to Kiss Prison Guard’s Foot at Dry Dock
2017-03-09
Information at the Dry Dock detention center reported that detainee Ali Mohammad Hakim Al-Arab was beaten up and tortured, because he refused to kiss the foot of a prison guard.
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Dry Dock Continues Crackdown on Political Detainees for Over 1 Year under Terrible Conditions
2017-03-09
The Dry Dock Prison continues its crackdown on political prisoners, through measures described as arbitrary.
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Shiite Cleric Transferred to Dry Dock Prison after Month of Detention in Criminal Investigation Building
2017-03-07
The security authorities transferred prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Saleh Al-Qashaami along with his son Abu Al-Fadel to Dry Dock prison after detaining them for about a month in the Criminal Investigation Building (the intelligence), according to Al-Qashaami’s daughter “Bentalhuda”.
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Fourth Fugitive Death in Bahrain Raises Accusations of Foul Play, Marc Owen Jones
2017-02-27
Many questions were raised after 22-year-old Bahraini Abdullah Al-Ajooz, died as police attempted to arrest him in his hometown of Nuwaidrat on Monday.
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Rida Al-Ghasra’s Legend: From the “Great Escape” to Freedom & then Immortality
2017-02-12
The Legend…That’s how the Bahrainis knew martyr Rida Al-Ghasra, who succeeded in escaping tight-security prisons three times, the last of which was a month before his demise.
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Dry Dock Detainees’ Clothes Confiscated with Temperature Fall
2017-02-07
Detainees at the Dry Dock detention center complained Monday that the prison administration confiscated all their clothes, and left only 3 outfits for each detainee. This comes as the weather in Bahrain sees a fall in temperature.
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Visitations to Dry Dock Prison Cancelled for Second Consecutive Day
2017-01-16
Prison's administration continued to cancel the scheduled visits to Dry Dock Prison (pre-detention center) for the second consecutive day.
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Appeals Court: 1-Year Prison Verdict against Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officer in Dry Dock Prison
2017-01-07
The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a 1-year prison verdict ruled against a 22-year-old defendant accused of physically assaulting a police officer in the Dry Dock preventive detention center.
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“Takrooz” Reveals Himself: I’m a State Not a Person, I Don’t Leave a Word Unspoken
2017-01-02
Takrooz (Hussein Mahdi), one of most prominent Bahraini activists on Twitter explains his harsh criticism against the ruling Bahraini regime.
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Short Call from Detainee Sayed Alawi Al-Musawi…His Family Says He Seems Exhausted from Torture
2016-11-28
Family of detainee Sayed Alawi Al-Musawi said that it received on Sunday (November 27, 2016) night a call from him stating that he is at the Criminal Investigation Department, which refutes the narrative of the National Institution for Human Rights about him being found in the Pre-Detention center in Dry Dock Prison.
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Hussein Abdulwahab Launches Hunger Strike, Policeman in Dry Dock Prison Assaults Him
2016-11-07
The family of prominent opposition leader, detainee Abdulwahab Hussein, said that their detained son "Hussein" started on Saturday (November 5, 2016) an open hunger strike in Dry Dock Prison, protesting against being banned from treatment after his health deteriorated and he has become a step closer to paralysis.
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Dry Docks Prison’s Administration Postpones Treatment of Hussein Abdulwahab despite His Health Deterioration
2016-11-07
Hussein Abdulwahab, son of the leader of Wafa movement Abdulwahab Hussein, started a hunger strike after the authorities prevented him from receiving the adequate treatment as he suffers from back disc complications.
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Abdulwahab Hussein’s Family Expresses Concern over their son's Health: He is on Wheel Chair & Step Closer to Paralysis
2016-11-02
The family of prominent opposition leader, detainee Abdulwahab Hussein, expressed their deep concern over the health of their detained son “Hussein” who is accused in the case known as “Al-Basta Group”.
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Dry Dock Prison Prevents Al-Halwachi’s Family from Visiting him, Says “He is Banned from Visits”
2016-10-25
The security authorities in Dry Dock Prison prevented the family of activist Khalil Al-Halwachi from meeting him in an already scheduled visit.