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