Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry
would not see his family and sexual threats were made against his wife and
mother. He was released on the sixth day.
The detainee was arrested again on 4 May and released on 10 July for
charges including breaking into a building at the university, beating students,
trying to overthrow the GoB and participating in an assembly of more than
five people. He was subjected to beatings and electric shocks, he was
strapped to a chair and beaten on the bottom of his feet (falaka), and forced
headfirst into a toilet. The conditions were harsh and unhygienic. He was
forced to sign a confession while he was blindfolded and unable to read the
three pages of charges.
CASE NO. 45
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of statement: 24 August 2011
Statement: The detainee is aphasic and therefore cannot speak to
investigators. During the interview he raised his fingers towards his son
asking him to provide the information and consented by moving his head
about the information supplied by his son. The witness’ son stated that the
detainee was arrested on 16 March 2011 when police officers saw him
wearing the specific clothing and covering his head with the specific dress
belonging to his religious group. There was no arrest warrant. He was
kicked and beaten with fists, iron bars and wooden planks. He was beaten in
the following areas of his body: front and back of the head; eardrums
(telefono); sides of the body; arms and legs; and front and back of the body
and trunk (especially the chest and abdomen). He was taken to the police
station where the beatings continued. He was then transferred by an
ambulance to the MoI Hospital but the personnel there refused to accept the
case.
At 07:00 on 17 March 2011, he was dropped semiconscious in front of
SMC. He was suffering from paralysis of the right upper and lower limbs,
pain in the hip joints and a total inability to speak. His family did not have
any information about him from 20 March until 10 April.
CASE NO. 46
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of statement: 27 August 2011
Statement: On 1 April 2011, a group of persons arrested the detainee at his
father’s house and humiliated him in front of his family. They blindfolded
him and cuffed his hands behind his back. They beat him with their hands
and fists, kicked his body and hit him forcefully around the ears (telefono).
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