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Participants in Human Rights Seminar Hold Interior Minister Responsible for What's Happening to Prisoners
2021-04-05
"Coronavirus is not the only threat to the lives of our children, as there are many diseases that are spreading among prisoners, due to the cells overcrowding. We tell the Interior Minister that you are responsible for what is happening to our children who were forced to confess fabricated charges under torture."
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Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi: Lives of Prisoners in Danger
2021-03-30
Al-Wefaq deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that "the lives of prisoners of conscience in Bahrain have been in constant danger for years and are in more danger with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic."
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Families of Prisoners Stage Protests in their Villages Demanding Release of their Family Members amid Coronavirus Outbreak in Prison
2021-03-30
Families of prisoners staged protests on Monday (March 29, 2021) night in different Bahraini areas, demanding the authorities to reveal the fate of their sons in Jaw prison, which has become an epicenter for the Coronavirus, and calling for emptying prisons in light of this pandemic.
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49 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Jaw Prison, Families Protest in front of Ombudsman
2021-03-29
Coronavirus cases increased in Jaw Central Prison on Sunday to 49.
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EDITORIAL: Bahrain and Coronavirus: Will PM Begin his Reign with Corpses of Dissidents Piling up in Jaw Prison?
2021-03-28
Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Bahraini Prime Minister, may not be willing to stain his reign; however, the first stain has already made its mark. The European Parliament's unanimous condemnation of human rights violations in Bahrain on March 11 was the first move tainting his era.
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Coronavirus Hits Jaw Prison: 6 Cases so Far, Officials Not Responding to Calls of Prisoners' Families
2021-03-28
Six positive Coronavirus cases have been discovered so far among inmates in Jaw Prison. It was confirmed that prisoner of conscience Ahmad Mohammad Saleh from Bani Jamra contracted the virus on March 25, 2021.
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Al-Wefaq Holds Regime Fully Responsible for COVID-19 Spread in Prisons
2021-03-26
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society held the regime fully responsible for what was happening inside prisons.
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Bahrain Says it has Dealt with Prison COVID-19 Outbreak
2021-03-26
Bahraini authorities on Thursday said a number of cases of coronavirus discovered in a prison earlier this week had been isolated and the individuals concerned were stable.
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Detainee Abd Ali Al-Singace Contracts COVID-19 Virus: Activist
2021-03-25
Political prisoner Abd Ali (Mohammad) Al-Singace contracted Coronavirus on Wednesday (March 24, 2021) inside Jaw Central Prison.
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MoI: 3 Positive COVID-19 Cases among Jaw Prisoners
2021-03-24
The Interior Ministry announced the discovery of 3 positive COVID-19 cases in Jaw Central Prison.
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Trial of Former Soldier who Attempted to Kill Sheikh Zuheir Ashour in Prison Starts
2021-03-22
The Public Prosecution said the criminal court will urgently look in the case of assault of a prisoner of conscience by a criminal prisoner.
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Situation in Jaw Prison on Verge of Explosion: Protests to Protect Sheikh Ashour, Security Forces Beat Prisoners
2021-03-22
The situation in Jaw Prison has reached the verge of exploding, after prison director Hisham Al-Zayani decided to suppress the protests of prisoners. It is claimed that the perpetrator, a former BDF soldier, is only an executor of Al-Zayani's orders.
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Police Attack Detainees in Jaw Prison: Activists
2021-03-18
Social media activists said that the police in Jaw Prison attacked detainees who refused to enter their prison cells.
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Political Prisoner in Bahrain Subjected to Attempted Murder inside Prison by Naturalized Inmate
2021-03-17
Family of prisoner of conscience Sheikh Zuheir Ashour issued a statement on Tuesday (March 16, 2021) in which it said that Zuheir was subjected to an attempted murder by a political prisoner, a former army in Bahrain Defense Force.
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Has Coronavirus Reached Jaw Prison? Why Have Authorities Excluded Prisoners from the Vaccine?
2021-02-11
Has the coronavirus reached Jaw Central Prison? This question has been repeated since yesterday by law experts and people following the prisoners' conditions. The other question is why the authorities have excluded inmates from the Coronavirus vaccination campaign?
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Health Situation of Hasan Mushaima Deteriorates, Transferred to Military Hospital
2020-10-21
Family of detained leader Hasan Mushaima said that Jaw Prison administration transferred him to the military hospital on Monday (October 19, 2020) after his health deteriorated.
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Political Prisoner Reveals Part of Medical Cadre Transgressions in Jaw Prison Clinic
2020-09-30
Political prisoner Ali Haji revealed a part of the transgressions practiced by the medical cadre in charge of Jaw Central Prison clinic and the complicity of the staff with the prison administration, and transferring the prison pharmacy into a commercial pharmacy.
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Director General of Reformation and Rehabilitation: No COVID-19 Cases Recorded among Prisoners
2020-09-28
Abdulsalam Al-Arifi, the Director General of Reformation and Rehabilitation in Bahrain's Ministry of Interior, announced that all the centers affiliated to the reformation and rehabilitation haven't recorded any COVID-19 cases among prisoners and workers since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Political Jaw Prisoner in Danger, Officer Al-Zayani Broke both his Arms, Severely Beat him
2020-09-15
Private sources confirmed that the person in charge in Jaw Central Prison, officer Hashem Al-Zayani, broke the hands of political prisoner, Ali Al-Wazir. Eyewitnesses stressed that they saw the prisoner in a very bad health condition due to the beating and torture he was subjected to at Al-Zayani's hands.
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39 French Parliamentarians Call on Bahrain to Halt Execution Orders against Mohammad Radaman, Hussein Mousa
2020-07-28
39 French Parliamentarians demanded the government of Bahrain to halt the execution orders against Mohammad Radaman and Hussein Mousa, who are convicted of killing a policeman in a blast in 2014.