Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Annex B — Summary of Torture Allegations
CASE NO. 43
(Examined by the forensic team)
Date of statement: 28 August 2011
Statement: The detainee was returning home from work at approximately
18:30 on 15 March 2011 when he was stopped by police at the Central
Village checkpoint. Six armed policemen wearing masks and uniforms beat
him with rifle butts on his chest and arms, and then kicked him so severely
that he fainted. He later realised that he had been shot in his right leg but he
has no recollection of the shooting. He thinks he fainted about 10 minutes
after the beatings started. He awoke in SMC the following day.
He was arrested at SMC and transferred from the fourth to the sixth floor
where he was blindfolded but not handcuffed. Police beat him at night while
the medical staff were not there. They slapped and punched his leg,
particularly his wounds. He was also cursed and subjected to verbal insults.
Although given food, he could not eat and could only drink. He remained at
SMC for three days.
He was subsequently transferred to the BDF Hospital where he remained for
seven days. At BDF he was blindfolded at all times and handcuffed to the
bed, although the nurses loosened the handcuffs at night. There were many
beatings at BDF. He felt that he had suffered two fractured ribs but he did
not disclose them because he feared the beatings. He had skin grafts to his
wounds. The doctor, an Egyptian, provided good medical care but the
nursing staff and Bahraini medical staff did not provide good care.
After surgery, he was transferred to a prison where he stayed for three and a
half months (from 27 March to 4 July). He was blindfolded, handcuffed and
beaten at the prison. He signed a confession while blindfolded but he does
not know what he signed.
CASE NO. 44
(Examined by the forensic team)
Date of statement: 28 August 2011
Statement: The detainee was arrested on 20 March 2011 at his apartment
when masked men in plain clothes entered his residence and asked him,
“Where is your gun?” He was taken to a prison at ground level where he
was blindfolded, beaten and handcuffed with his arms above his head. He
had no sense of time and was forced to stand for long hours. Interrogators
attempted to force him to admit that he had a gun. On the first day, he had
no water, food or access to a toilet. Food was supplied on the second day.
He was slapped in the face, which caused much swelling, and photographs
were taken that would verify the mistreatment. On the third or fourth day,
electric shocks were applied every 30 or 40 minutes to his shoulders, arms,
nipples and penis, causing great pain. He was forced to face the wall and
was kicked and beaten. On the last day, interrogators threatened that he
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