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Saudi-backed Al-Khalifa Regime Continues Torturing Inmates<\/strong>
\n07 January 2012 – Islamic Invitation Turkey<\/p>\n

Fresh reports of the torture of an 18-year old student in detention are yet another blow to Bahrain\u2019s promises of reform, Amnesty International said.<\/p>\n

Independent observers reported that the Bahraini police have subjected Hassan \u2018Oun to torture, including beatings and threats of rape after his arrest in Manama on 3 January.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs such horrendous cases of human rights abuse keep piling up, the Bahraini authorities\u2019 promises of change ring ever more hollow,\u201d said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International\u2019s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n

Hassan\u2019s family has told Amnesty International that he was interrogated about his contact with the Bahrain Center for Human Rights.<\/p>\n

The student had told the Center about being tortured by police during a previous 2011 arrest, following his involvement in anti-government protests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are concerned that Hassan \u2018Oun may have been targeted again for arrest because he dared to report police abuses,\u201d said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui.<\/p>\n

According to family members, Hassan told his lawyer that the police had forced him to stand for about 11 hours, and that he had been beaten on his feet with a hose and threatened with rape.<\/p>\n

Hassan\u2019s lawyer and other witnesses have reportedly seen signs of torture on his body, and that one of his legs is swollen from injury.<\/p>\n

Hassiba Hadj Sahroui called for immediate investigations in to the case, and also called for Hassan\u2019s immediate release.<\/p>\n

After being held in a police station for a day, Hassan was questioned at the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office (PPO) on 4 January.<\/p>\n

The PPO extended his detention for 45 days pending investigation, under illegal public gathering charges. Hassan was then transferred to the Dry Dock Prison in Manama.<\/p>\n

His family have not been allowed to see him.<\/p>\n

Nearly a year on since the start of the crackdown on anti-government demonstrations at Manama\u2019s Pearl Roundabout in 2011, scores of health workers, opposition and human rights activists, teachers and others are still facing trials or serving prison sentences. …more<\/a><\/p>\n

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