Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Annex B — Summary of Torture Allegations
Wusta police station, where he was put in an isolated cell. After eight days,
he was transferred to the MoI Hospital. While at the hospital, a prosecutor
asked him to sign a confession while he was blindfolded. He was then
returned to Al Wusta police station. On 4 August, he went on a hunger
strike.
CASE NO. 50
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of statement: 27 August 2011
Statement: The detainee was arrested in the morning of 19 April 2011 at his
house in the Demistan area. He heard the sounds of his front door being
broken down and then people in uniform entered his bedroom and pointed
their rifles at his daughter’s head. They took him to a car where he was
blindfolded and taken to another location. While in detention, he was beaten
with fists and a hose and kicked in his abdomen. He was subjected to
physical and psychological abuse. They threatened his wife and daughter
and threatened to put a pen in his anus. These threats continued for 13 days.
His interrogators used drugs to force him to confess. As a result of being
beaten with fists he suffered a fracture of the nasal septum. He had an X-ray
and was scheduled to have an MRI on 11 October 2011.
CASE NO. 51
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of statement: 25 August 2011
Statement: The detainee was arrested on 16 April 2011 while attempting to
leave the area near SMC in his car during the unrest. As he tried to drive
off, his car accidentally crashed into two police cars and he lost
consciousness for a few moments. When he awoke, police officers pulled
him out of his car through the window. They blindfolded him, tied his hands
behind his back and beat him with slaps and punched the following areas of
his body: front and back of the head; front and back of the body and trunk
(especially chest and abdomen); sides of the body; and eardrums (telefona).
He was transferred to Al Naim police station for one and a half hours. He
was then referred to Al Qoudaybia police station where the beatings
continued. They forced him to bend over while they touched his anal and
genital area from the back. They also beat his hands using a hose and
applied electric shocks to his body. They forced him to sign a confession
stating that he had tried to kill the policemen located in the other car. After
two or three weeks, he was referred to a military court where he was
sentenced and then transferred to prison.
CASE NO. 52
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