Category Archives: Torture in Bahrain

Bahrain: ill-treatment and denial of medical care for political detainees

Right to Left: Mohammed Al Moghani, Hussain Al Aali, Jaffar Eid 25 Oct 2012 The... more

Bahrain: Impunity for protesters’ killers: acquittal of 2 policemen and a light sentence for the third

3 October 2012 To this day, Bahraini courtrooms are being ruled by a culture of... more

Mohammed Sahwan, injured with 80 shrapnel in his head and neck, denied medical treatment in the prison of Bahrain

Bahrain: Authorities still preventing treatment of injured prisoners, leaving them languishing in prisons in this... more

Bahrain: Ongoing practice of torture of detainees, with the support of public prosecution

13 July 2012 The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) has confirmed, in its report... more

Bahrain: The court must investigate all allegations of torture, including those made against Son of the King, Nasser Bin Hamad

06 July 2012 (BCHR) - For the first time since their arrest in March 2011,... more

BCHR: Release of Testimony of former BCHR Director Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

26th June, 2012: International Day Against Torture Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s speech before the Supreme Court of... more

Aljazeera: Autopsy finds torture behind Bahrain drowning

Report exclusively obtained by Al Jazeera says 23-year-old had been electrically tortured before drowning in... more

Bahrain: Children at age of 13 arrested, torture and prosecuted on arbitrary charges

Photo: torture marks on the body of Sayed Yaseen Shubber, 13 year old. 3 May... more

Bahrain Authorities continue to hold a detainee captive despite his urgent need for medical surgery

12 April 2012 Mohammed Ahmed Al Ajmai is a victim of kidnapping which occurred in... more

Amnesty International: URGENT ACTION: Prisoner describes torture to court

06 April 2012 Former president of the Bahrain Teachers’ Association (BTA) Mahdi ‘Issa Mahdi Abu... more