Detainees

Abbas Abdali assaulted

Injuries of Abbas Abdali, brother of activist Musa Abdali, after being attacked by masked men on July 6, 2006. Details are here: Detained Activists Brother Ambushed & Brutally Beaten

Human Rights Groups: Security Suspects Tortured in Bahrain

Human Rights Groups: Security Suspects Tortured in Bahrain
Selah Hennessy | London 08 February 2010
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A new report from a human-rights watchdog says officials in Bahrain have been using torture since 2007 when interrogating security suspects. Human Rights Watch says their report is based on interviews with detainees and medical records, but officials from the Gulf State deny the allegations.

Lord Avebury, the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary HR Group invites you to a

Lord Avebury, the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary HR Group invites you to a

Press Conference

Human Rights Watch is launching a comprehensive report on

“The Revival of Physical Coercion during Interrogations in Bahrain”

Joe Stork, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Division and

Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, a consultant with Human Rights Watch and senior attorney in the New York office of Dorsey & Whitney LLP will present the report.

Torture Redux


We’ll go back to the 1990s.
—Ministry of Interior officer to detainee Nadr Ali Ahmad al-Salatne

In Escape from and not as a Solution to the Human Rights Files


Bahrain: An Escalation of Arrests and New Claims of Torture with the Approach of the Week of Martyrs and Torture Victims

December 2009

'Truth' commission launched

'Truth' commission launched
By REBECCA TORR
AN independent commission that aims to document the accounts of victims of alleged gross human rights violations was launched at National Democratic Action Society (NDAS) last night.

The Truth Commission has been set up by a coalition of political and human rights societies to help bring justice and reconciliation to victims of abuse, particularly former inmates who allegedly suffered while in prison.

The Special Forces Excessively Use Live Ammunition to Suppress the Demonstrators

Injuries and Victims among them Children
The Special Forces Excessively Use Live Ammunition to Suppress the Demonstrators

7 December 2009

Report of the Trial Monitor in the Karzakan and Ma’ameer Cases Bahrian, 2009

Abed Choudhury

Report of the Trial Monitor in the Karzakan and Ma’ameer Cases Bahrian, 2009
Abed Choudhury

FT Report:Talk of reform but still much to do


By Andrew England
Published: November 9 2009 17:47 | Last updated: November 9 2009 17:47

Next month, as Bahrain marks the 10th anniversary of rule under King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, the feelings of Bahrainis will be decidedly mixed.

BCHR:Bahrain-The Public Prosecution and its Violations to Human Rights


A Report on its Role in Obstructing, Harassing and Targeting Human Rights Defenders and Political Activists:
Bahrain-The Public Prosecution and its Violations to Human Rights
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights
September 2009

"Prosecutors, as essential agents of the administration of justice, shall at all times maintain the honour and dignity of their profession"

Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors- Adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

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