Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Annex B — Summary of Torture Allegations
CASE NO. 19
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of statement: 2 August 2011
Statement: The detainee was arrested on 19 April 2011. His home was
ransacked and items stolen during the arrest. Some members of his family
were beaten and all were verbally insulted. Beatings involved hitting with
fists, kicking on the back of the body and beating with hoses on the ears and
hands. After his arrest, security forces made the detainee undress and
pushed a hose towards his anus until he confessed and signed a confession.
He was taken to Asri prison / detention centre where he was beaten, tortured
and hung. During the first three days, he was stripped of his clothes and
sexually assaulted, in addition to being deprived of sleep. He was placed in
a cell with 32 other detainees. He was routinely beaten and insulted by the
prison guards, all of whom were of Pakistani origin. He was interrogated on
a number of occasions. He was also beaten and verbally assaulted at the
military court.
Since his arrest, he has not been allowed sufficient contact with his family,
contact with a lawyer or access to medical care. The first call he placed to
his family was after two and a half months of detention, during which time
they did not know of his location. He has suffered a dislocated shoulder and
a fracture in his right foot.
CASE NO. 20
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of statement: 9 August 2011
Statement: On 7 April 2011, the detainee was arrested at his home in a
violent manner, with the aluminum door to his home broken. He was taken
to the CID where he was interrogated by police officers. He was
subsequently transferred to Asri prison / detention centre and tortured
violently. He was then taken to Dry Dock Detention Centre where he was
videotaped and told to confess to certain crimes. Throughout this process,
his sect and religious practices were insulted. He has been charged with
cutting off the tongue of an Asian migrant.
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