Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Annex B — Summary of Torture Allegations
witness who had signed it on the witness line. The detainee was on a hunger
strike throughout this period.
CASE NO. 53
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of statement: 26 August 2011
Statement: The detainee was arrested on 7 April 2011 from his house in the
El Manama area by a group of persons with their heads covered. They woke
him up and humiliated him in front of his mother and wife. When his father
tried to intervene, they threatened him by raising their weapons towards his
head. The detainee was blindfolded and his hands were tied behind his back.
He was transferred to an unknown place where he was beaten and kicked in
the back of his body, especially the buttocks, and slapped forcefully on his
eardrums (telefono). They also humiliated him by defaming his religious
beliefs and threatening him and his family. His cell was unhygienic and he
was not permitted to access the toilet. He was hung up and beaten on the
soles of his feet (falaka) to force him to confess that he had tried to kill an
Asian man and organised gatherings and protests. He was then transferred
to another place where he was beaten with a hose in addition to the other
forms of beatings described. Lastly, he was referred to Dry Dock Detention
Centre where he was forced to sign a confession in front of an interrogator.
He saw his family for the first time in three months during his military trial
at the end of May 2011. The conditions of detention then started to improve.
He was transferred to a larger cell, different types of humiliations stopped
and he was allowed to call his family regularly. He now suffers from
psychological problems as a result of his treatment in prison.
CASE NO. 54
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of statement: 27 August 2011
Statement: The detainee was arrested on 17 March 2011 by a group of
persons with their heads covered. They took his mobile phone and laptop
and beat him by slapping, punching, kicking and using cables. He was
blindfolded and his hands were cuffed behind his back. He was transferred
to an unknown place where he was placed in a small, isolated cell.
The next day, he was transferred to a military facility where he remained for
two weeks. He was beaten in the following areas of his body: front and back
of the head; eardrums (telefono); sides of the body; and front and back of the
body and trunk (especially chest and abdomen). He was also kicked in the
buttocks. He was subjected to religious humiliation and threats to himself
and his family, including threats of sexual abuse. The conditions in his cell
were unhygienic and he was not permitted to access the toilet. He was
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