“...I was handcuffed and blindfolded the entire time, they beat me on my fingers with a rigid instrument; they slapped me on my ears and I was pulled by my nipples and ears by tongs, and I was hit with a rigid object on my back and that was to force me to sign papers I had no knowledge what was written on them…” - Dr. Abduljalil Alsingace

• Transferring other detainees to hospitals without knowledge of their conditions in solitary confinement
• The Public Prosecution bans any publication on the case in order to cover up torture and other violations
• The continuation of temporary arbitrary kidnappings by the militias of the national security in which they are stripped naked and tortured
• No other choice but to dissolve the national security apparatus and present those responsible to public independent trials
• Any official in the government, who ordered or had knowledge of these violations without immediately stepping in to stop it, according to the International law, is legally responsible

28th August 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has received with great concern information that Dr. Abduljalil Alsingace (Head of the Human Rights office at the HAQ movement) was subjected to severe physical and psychological torture in which he almost lost his hearing ability and has severe injuries in his back and other parts of his body. The information received also includes the transfer of some activists and human rights defenders to hospitals due to torture including Shaikh Mohammed Habib Almuqdad (religious figure, human rights activist and president of Alzahra charity society of orphans), Abdulghani Khanjar (head of the national martyrs committee and torture victims, and the official spokesperson for the Truth and Justice coalition which is made up 11 societies and organizations, both human rights and political), and Abdulhadi Alsaffer (active member of Committee against rise in prices and Detainees and families committees). The center has also been following up on the kidnappings committed by the national security militia in the Bahraini villages and streets in an offensive and arbitrary manner.

August 27, 2010

Scholars at Risk (SAR) is gravely concerned about the arrest and detention of Professor Abdul Jalil Al-Singace, a mechanical engineer at University of Bahrain in Isa Town. SAR asks for letters, faxes and emails urging authorities to explain publicly the reasons for Prof. Al-Singace’s detention, disclose the whereabouts of Prof. Al-Singace and ensure his access to medical care, family and legal counsel.

In Accordance to the Security Campaign Launched by the National Security

27 August 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its grave concern over the Bahraini authorities’ decision to ask a hospital in London to stop the cancer treatment that Mr. Hassan Mushaima, president of Haq movement, is receiving. The hospital was informed that the government in Bahrain will no longer pay the expenses for the treatment starting from the 25th of the month. It appears that the reason behind this decision is because of the criticisms expressed by Almushaima in a public seminar at the House of Lords, as well as to television programs about the crackdown on freedoms and the escalation of abuses committed by the security bodies in Bahrain.

27 August 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses a serious concern about the increase in acts of violence which comes as a result of political and security unrest. This time it comes in an incident of attack that was reported by Mr. Muhannad Abu Zeitoun, chief editor of Alwatan newspaper. This incident took place in the morning of Wednesday, 26th August. He claimed that it resulted in a wound in his hand and the burning of a part of his car.

26 August 2010

A lecturer in Engineering was detained by authorities in Bahrain on 13 August, Human Rights Watch reported on 17 August 2010. Dr Abduljalil al-Singace, who teaches engineering at the University of Bahrain, was arrested at Bahrain International Airport as he returned from London with his family.

• The NSA is Behind Planning and Executing the Recent Campaign against the Political and Human Rights Activists and the Kidnaps and Torture by the Armed Militias
• It Specializes in Prosecuting the Opponents and Activists and has the Authorities of the Ministry of Interior and the Public Prosecution and is Immune from Legal Prosecution
• The Apparatus is Formed on a Sectarian Basis and Uses the Foreign Mercenaries in all its Institutes and Operations
• Dissolving the National Security Apparatus and the Special Security Forces and Returning its Authorities to the Regular Security Apparatus is Inevitable

Minister of National Security Sheikh Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa

23 August 2010

The name of the National Security Apparatus (NSA) emerged during the last days in running the security affairs of the country, as well as its responsibility for the pervasive violations of human rights, the latest of which was the arrest campaign that reached a number of well-known activists, physical assault and sexual abuse and harassments, as well as cutting off roads to kidnap activists by a group of armed militias affiliated with the same apparatus. In addition, the NSA is running a campaign of deliberately smearing the reputation of the political activists, human rights defenders and sons of the Shiite sect, and which is the same technique used by the NSA during the last twenty years to attack the political opposition. The NSA is currently chaired by Sheikh Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa.

and In Deference to the King's Will and His Uncle the Prime Minister

22 August 2010

A week has not yet passed from the arrest of the chairman of the human rights office in "Haq" Movement, the academic Dr. Abdul-Jalil Al-Sangaece – directly upon his return from London, and after delivering a speech in the British House of Lords – when the University of Bahrain – which is the institute he works in as a teacher – suspended him from work.

(AFP) – 18 Aug 2010

WASHINGTON — Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called on Bahrain either to release or formally charge eight activists, including clerics, the groups said the Gulf kingdom has arrested.

"The Bahraini authorities must make it clear why these eight men have been arrested, and either release them or charge them with recognizable criminal offences," Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa programme, said in a Wednesday statement.

MANAMA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Bahraini authorities have detained four more Shi'ite activists on security grounds, raising the stakes in the run-up to parliamentary elections after earlier arrests were criticised by rights groups.

The detentions bring to eight the number of activists and clerics arrested over the past week. The detainees include Mohammed Saeed, a board member of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights whose operations were formally suspended in 2004 but which continues to operate, Bahrain's state news agency said.

By Alexandra Sandels, Special to the Los Angeles Times

August 20, 2010

Reporting from Beirut —
Political tensions have risen in recent days in the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain, where Shiite Muslim clerics and a prominent activist have been arrested as the island kingdom gears up for parliamentary elections in October.

Activists, mostly Shiites protesting government policies and the recent arrests, blocked roads near the capital Wednesday night, and set fires to trash cans.

20 August 2010

A week after the arrest of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace, the Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Haq Movement in Bahrain, and in view of the subsequent crackdown of protests against the arrest in the country, the Islamic Human Rights Committee has appealed to Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, appealing for her to take up the case.

Published on 20 August 2010

Abdeljalil Al-Singace, a blogger and academic who heads a mainly Shiite opposition group called Haq (or Movement for Liberties and Democracy), was arrested on 13 August on returning from London, where he took part in a seminar on the worsening human rights situation in Bahrain.

He has been accused of defaming the government and judicial authorities, and “publishing false information about the country’s internal affairs” with the aim of sullying its image.

In persistence of the campaign instigated by the speech of the King of Bahrain, the Bahraini Authorities carried out further arrests that target the political activists and human rights defenders under politically tense circumstances and areas that are militarily surrounded, and protests that are rapidly spreading in the villages and areas of Bahrain. There is information of the spread of teams of armed militias roaming the streets and areas of protests, and who are kidnapping those it suspects to be activists, only to take them to unknown centers while being blind-folded, then it tortures them and subjects them to sexual harassment before being photographed nude and throwing them in remote areas.

Cairo in August 18, 2010

The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists follows with great concern the implications of the extremely hostile Bahraini official statements severe against political and human rights activists in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which led the security authorities to arrest the colleague Abdul Galil Sinkece, Head of Human Rights Office in August 13, 2010 after his return from Britain, where he explained in a seminar in the House of Lords the human rights situation in Bahrain, the deterioration of rights and religious freedoms and the ongoing discrimination against the Shiites.

19/08/2010

The undersigned organizations wish to express their grave concern for the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain. Just a few days ago, the King himself, joined by the prime minister and interior minister, issued a sternly worded threat against political activists and human rights defenders, who have been accused of inciting against the government abroad and harming the country. In his statement, the King advocated bringing the full force of the law to bear against these so-called “provocateurs” who are endangering civic peace.

From left to right Activists: Jaffar Al-Hessabi, Mohammed Saeed, Abdulghani Al-Khanjar, Abduljalil Al-Sengais

Posted on 2010/08/18

Front Line is seriously concerned that human rights defenders arrested over the last days in Bahrain are being denied access to lawyers and to their families. The whereabouts of Dr. Abduljalil Al Singace and Abdul Ghani al-Kanjar remain unknown and they have reportedly been denied access to their families and to their lawyers since their arrest on 13 and 15 August 2010 respectively.

18 August 2010

Amnesty International calls on the Bahraini authorities to reveal the whereabouts of eight human rights defenders, political activists and Shia clerics arrested in a clampdown by the authorities amid fears that they could be prisoners of conscience.

From left to right Activists: Jaffar Al-Hessabi, Mohammed Saeed, Abdulghani Al-Khanjar, Abduljalil Al-Sengais


Muhammad Saeed, a board member of the banned Bahrain Centre for Human Rights was arrested at his home in Sehla, northern Bahrain, in the early hours of yesterday morning by security forces.

Bar Human Rights Committee
Garden Court Chambers, 57‐60 Lincoln’ Inn Field, London WC2A 3LS
Tel: 020 7993 7755 Fax: 020 7993 7700 Email: bhrc@compuserve.com
Website: www.barhumanrights.org.uk

London, 16 August 2010
Tariq Bin Daina
Deputy Interior Minister
Ministry of the Interior
The Kingdom of Bahrain
SENT BY EMAIL

Dear Deputy Minister

I am writing on behalf of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC). The BHRC is the international human rights arm of the Bar of England and Wales. It is an independent body concerned with defending the rule of law and internationally recognised legal standards relating to human rights and the right to fair trial.

BHR 004 / 0810 / OBS 101
Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment /
Hindrances to freedom of peaceful assembly
Bahrain
August 18, 2010

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Bahrain.

From left to right Activists: Jaffar Al-Hessabi, Mohammed Saeed, Abdulghani Al-Khanjar, Abduljalil Al-Sengais

Description of the situation:

The Observatory has been informed by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) about the arbitrary arrest and detention of Mr. Abduljalil Al-Sengais, Spokesperson and Director of the Human Rights Bureau of the political party the Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy, Mr. Abdulghani Ali Issa Al-Khanjar, Spokesperson of the National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture (NCMVT), Mr. Jaffar Al-Hessabi, a bahraini human right activist involved in the fight against torture who has been living in the United Kingdom (UK) for 15 years, and Mr. Mohammed Saeed, a board member of BCHR .

A Security Alert and an Organized Media Fright and Artificial Amassing the People Following the Aggravating Speech by the King and his Uncle the Prime Minister

17/8/2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights received with great concern news on the mounting security deterioration and increase of arrests which this time targeted three well-known human rights activists and defenders, in an organized suppression campaign released by the escalating speeches by the country's King Hamad Al-Khalifa, and his uncle the Prime Minister Khalifa Al-Khalifa, and the Minister of Interior Rashid Al-Khalifa, accompanied with an artificial public and media fright that incites hatred and smearing the reputation of those detainees and criminating them before they are even brought forth to the Public Prosecution and Court which are affiliated with the Executive Authority.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: Aug 17, 2010 23:58 Updated: Aug 17, 2010 23:58

MANAMA, Bahrain: A Bahraini lawyer says security forces have detained six more opposition members in a crackdown on the Gulf kingdom's majority Shiites who complain of being disenfranchised.

Lawyer Mohammed Al-Tajir said Tuesday a total of 10 activists, including eight leading members of the opposition, have been detained since Saturday.

Al-Tajir said the detained have not been charged and their whereabouts are unknown.

New York, August 17, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the detention of a blogger and human rights activist since Friday. The official Bahrain News Agency quoted a security source claiming that Abduljalil Alsingace was arrested based on national security concerns that could "damage the country's stability." The unnamed security official went on to say that Alsingace had "abused the freedom of opinion and expression prevailing in the kingdom."

16 August 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Increasing concern over Bahraini human rights activist arrested after speaking at House of Lords

Dr Abdul Jalil Al-Singace, the Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Haq Movement, which promotes human rights and democracy in Bahrain, was arrested at Manama Airport on the morning of 13 August, as he and his family returned to the country from London.

Government Opponents Apparently Detained for Criticism of Government

To the left:Abd-al Ghani al-Khanjar and to the right: Abd al-Jalil al-Singace

If the government of Bahrain can show these activists are engaged in criminal behavior, why is it resorting to vague and anonymous allegations? A country that respects human rights, as Bahrain claims to do, does not arrest people just because they harshly criticize the government.
Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch

August 17, 2010

(Washington, DC) - The Bahraini government should immediately release four opposition activists detained in recent days or bring formal charges against them, Human Rights Watch said today. The men's whereabouts are unknown, and they have not been allowed to contact their families or lawyer.

From Left to Right: Khanjar, Al-Meqdad, Alnouri, Alsingace

17th August 2010

The security authority in The Kingdom of Bahrain, launched surprising campaign of arrests covering human rights and political activists of whom Dr.Abdul Jalil Alsingace, spokesman and head of human rights committee at HAQ (opposition group arrested at dawn upon arrival to the airport on 13th. Aug 2010) , Mr. Abdulghani khanjar, spokesman of The Alliance for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation ( ATJR), and head of The Committee for defense of Martyrs and Victims of Torture, sheikh Mohmed Almeqdad, head of Alzahra Charity Society, and sheikh Saeed Alnouri, of Alwafa ( opposition group), who were arrested at the dawn of 14 Aug. 2010 without judicial warrant and in terrorizing method. A number of activists of different parts of the country were kidnapped , tortured . sexually harassed. and then throw them away of their residents.

Re: Arrest and detention of human rights activist Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace

We are extremely concerned about the detention of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, the Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Haq Movement, who was arrested at Manama Airport on the morning of 13 August, when returning to Bahrain after a visit to London.

Cairo August 15th , 2010
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information condemned today , the Bahraini security arresting of the human rights activist , blogger and academic , Abd El Galil AlSingace,PhD and chairman of the human rights office in Haq movement for rights and freedoms. AlSingace was arrested upon his return from London on 13/8/2010 for allegations of ” disseminating false news about internal affairs in Bahrain and defaming judiciary and executive authorities”. AlSingace took part in a session in the British house of Lords discussing human rights violations in Bahrain.

By

* Staff

Published Sunday, August 15, 2010

The arrest of government critic Abdul Jalil Al Singace on Friday led to clashes in Bahrain.

This is his second arrest and it comes amid a renewed call by top leadership to punish 'instigators' or thsoe who 'stand in the way' of the country's development, reported the UAE daily Gulf News.

There were sporadic clashes in Shiite neighbourhoods in Bahrain and Al Singace's supporters gathered in front of the Public Prosecution offices demanding his release.

Manama: Bahraini leaders have pledged a zero-tolerance policy towards "instigators", saying that there would be "a strict application of the law against those who seek to stall the country's progress."

Praising the role of the army and the police, King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa said that laws would be applied without hesitation, particularly that there are ample possibilities in Bahrain for Bahrainis to express themselves freely and legally.

15 Aug 2010 10:55:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Bahrain arrests four Shi'ite opposition activists

* Clashes erupted following arrest of first activist

MANAMA, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Bahraini authorities have detained four Shi'ite activists before a parliamentary poll in which Shi'ites will be seeking a bigger role in governing the Sunni Muslim-led Arab state, their lawyer said on Sunday.

To the left Dr. Abduljalil Al Singace, and to the right Mr Abdul Ghani al-Kanjar

15 August 2010

Abduljalil Al Singace was arrested on 13 August 2010 at Bahrain International Airport whilst reentering the country. Abdul Ghani al-Kanjar's was arrested on 15 August. Abduljalil Al Singace is an academic, and is Spokesman and Director of the Human Rights Bureau of the Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy, an opposition political movement. Abdul Ghani al-Kanjar is the spokesperson for the Bahraini National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture.

and the Ministry of Interior Prevents the Families from Knowing the Fate of their Injured Sons

The Prison Manager Colonel Ibrahim Saif Al-Najran and to the right The Central Prison of Jaw

12 August 2010

Bahrain Center for Human Rights received new information that a group of detainees in the Central Prison of "Jaw" – convicted in security and political issues - are being subjected once again to assaults at the hands of the Special Forces in an attempt to break the hunger strike which the detainees had initiated in protest against the abuse they faced inside the abovementioned prison and the cruel prison circumstances.

The Arrest of the Human Rights Defender Dr. Abdul-Jalil Al- Singace Declares the Beginning of the Implementation of Threats
Suppressing the Peaceful Protest Gatherings by Al-Singace's House and the Public Prosecution

Whoever Instructed the King to Release those Threats Intended to make him Hold the Direct Criminal Responsibility for any Violations that Result from Granting Power to the Government Apparatuses in Using Excessive Force, Arbitrary Arrests, Systematic Torture, Unfair Trials and Prosecution of Human Rights Defenders, which are Crimes that Could be Considered by the International Courts and Which Do Not Lapse with Limitation

To the left King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al- Khalifa, and to the right - Human Rights denfender Dr.Abdul Jalil Al-Singace

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is following up with great concern the tone of explicit threat from His Majesty the King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his uncle the Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa against the human rights activists and political opponents on the grounds of incitement against the government, which coincided with the arrest of Dr. Abdul-Jalil Singace upon his return from London, yesterday Friday 13 August 2010, after he participated in organizing a seminar in the British House of Lords regarding the resurgence of systematic torture in Bahrain, the increase of systematic discrimination, and the decline of public liberties and deterioration of the environmental situation which threatens the life of thousands of citizens in some of the areas of the country.

To the left King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al- Khalifa, and to the right - Human Rights denfender Dr.Abdul Jalil Al-Singace

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:09:51 GMT
By : dpa

Manama, Bahrain - Bahraini authorities rearrested an outspoken critic of the government on Friday, amid a stern warning from the country's top leadership to "instigators" that their actions would no longer be tolerated.

Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy spokesman Abdul Jalil al-Singace was detained by the authorities at Bahrain International Airport early Friday morning upon his return from London.

By TOM HANRATTY , Posted on » Thursday, August 12, 2010

BAHRAIN's military is in line for a $19.5 million (BD7.4m) cash injection from the US government.

The funding was provisionally assigned by the US Senate Appropriations Committee as part of the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programmes Appropriations Bill.

It is part of the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programme, which offers grants to foreign governments to finance the purchase of American-made weapons, services and training.

By NOOR TOORANI , Posted on » Thursday, August 12, 2010

A BAHRAINI mother was yesterday recovering at home after allegedly being injured by a stray "projectile" during a disturbance.

Fadheela Salman, 25, was with her eight-month-old daughter Malak when she was allegedly hit by a "sound bomb" used to disperse protestors, breaking her foot.

Her husband Abbas Ebrahim yesterday demanded a full investigation into the incident, which happened as she walked to a cold store in Sitra, with her sister-in-law and niece, 10, on Monday night.

Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:05am IST

By Erika Solomon and Frederik Richter

DUBAI/MANAMA (Reuters) - Political activists in Gulf states where the maker of BlackBerry faces possible bans say its messaging service boosted their ranks, and they are now on the hunt for new ways to evade authorities.

Report by Karen Dabrowska, in London (mathaba)

A reversion to torture and attempts to alter Bahrain's demographic balance were highlighted at a London seminar held at the beginning of August in the House of Lords.

The seminar, chaired by Baroness Falkner of Margravine of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliamentarians for the Liberal Democrats, marked the annual anniversary of the country's independence and the dissolution of the only legitimate parliamentary experience in 1975.

By NOOR TOORANI , Posted on » Friday, August 06, 2010

RIGHTS activists are calling on the Bahrain government to speed up the implementation of international human right treaties that protect women and migrant workers.

However, a senior government official denied claims that Bahrain was stalling - saying the country was working according to a four-year plan.

5 August 2010

"Except for those limitations that are demonstrably necessitated by the fact of incarceration, all prisoners shall retain the human rights and fundamental freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and, where the State concerned is a party, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol thereto, as well as such other rights as are set out in other United Nations covenants." - Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights received several calls from the families of the political and criminal convicts on the background that their sons are being subjected to beating and treatment that degrades their dignity inside the Central Prison of "Jaw". The families stated that their sons have been deprived of many of their rights which they used to benefit from as inmates in that prison and without prior notice.

VISITS to Bahrain's central prison could start being rescheduled from next week, according to families who showed up there yesterday demanding access to their relatives.

It follows the cancellation of visits to inmates after clashes with security at Jaw Prison.

Six families showed up at the prison yesterday seeking access to their loved ones, but left three hours later after being denied permission.

However, rights activists say they are still waiting for a response from authorities after demanding access to the prison more than a week ago.

RELATIVES of inmates at Bahrain's central prison were turned away yesterday after showing up to demand access.

Visits to Jaw Prison have been suspended following the launch of a hunger strike just over a week ago.

Families are demanding information about the inmates' health, but authorities have remained tight-lipped on the situation - saying only that police had to use force to bring unruly prisoners under control last week.

FAMILIES of inmates at Bahrain's central prison protested in Naim village yesterday demanding access to their relatives who launched a hunger strike six days ago.

They claim Jaw Prison cancelled their visits and won't allow them to speak to their relatives.

Inmates are understood to be demanding personal items such as razors, extended exercise time and cell doors to be left open until midnight.

However, the Interior Ministry earlier branded the demands "illegal".

A HUNGER strike launched by inmates at Bahrain's central prison five days ago is still ongoing, according to human rights activists.

The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights has received information from inside Jaw Prison that the inmates are still vigilant about the strike, despite efforts by police to stop them.

They are understood to be demanding personal items such as razors, extended exercise time and cell doors to be left open until midnight.

However, the Interior Ministry earlier branded the items as illegal, saying they were impossible to attain.

RIGHTS groups yesterday demanded access to inmates who launched a hunger strike at Bahrain's central prison on Sunday.

The inmates at Jaw Prison are understood to be demanding personal items such as razors, extended exercise periods and cell doors to be left open until midnight.

One rights group said prison visits had been cancelled as a result of the protest and accused guards of using heavy-handed tactics to bring inmates under control on Monday.

By ANIQA HAIDER , Posted on » Wednesday, August 04, 2010

ACTIVISTS have come to the aid of a battered Indian housemaid, who claims she was beaten by her employer's wife and forced to sleep outside on the terrace.

Salma Begum fled her boss's home covered in bruises yesterday, less than two months after she arrived in Bahrain.

The 32-year-old widow claims she has not been paid since she arrived on June 17.

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), a nongovernmental organization in special consultative status with the Human Rights Council; and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) would like to express grave concern over the deteriorating state of human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the failure of the government to Implement the voluntary pledges and recommendations received in the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).