Bahrain: HRW Calls for Torture Probe

Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently published a new report calling on the Bahraini government to uphold its commitment to the Convention Against Torture and investigate allegations that four activists were mistreated while in pretrial dentition last month. “The attorney general has a legal obligation to throw out any coerced confessions and any evidence obtained by ill-treatment, including information that led to the men’s indictments,” said Joe Stork, HRW deputy Middle East director. Abd-al Ghani al-Khanjar and Abd al-Jalil al-Singace, two of four men jailed on terrorism charges, recently returned from attending a conference at the House of Lords in London where they criticized Bahrain’s human rights record.