Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Annex B — Summary of Torture Allegations
the Roundabout. Afterwards he accused the detainee of incitement. He
made a call from the office telephone, which he placed on loudspeaker, and
told the person on the other end of the line, “I have someone good looking,
do you want him?” The person on the other end said, “I am busy now but
will pass by soon.” The detainee interpreted this as an invitation to rape
him. The interrogator then beat the detainee viciously for one hour with a
hose on different parts of his body, causing bruising. The detainee was
returned to the same room where he was forced to remain standing from
11:30 until 16:00 and was not allowed to pray. Subsequently, he was
interrogated again and told to confess but he insisted on his innocence. He
was then beaten continuously for half an hour. He was forced to lie on his
stomach while they beat his feet with a hose that had a plank inside it. Still
he did not confess. After half an hour of severe beatings, he was threatened
with sexual assault and electrocution. He was also asked if he had brothers
or sisters, and when he said yes they threatened to rape them. He was then
sexually molested and forced to repeat a confession from his interrogator.
He was taken to another official who instructed that his blindfold be
removed. The detainee was forced to sign three confessions, and several
days later he was forced to videotape his confession for live broadcast.
He was subsequently transferred to Al Qurain Prison, which until 9 June was
run by a group of masked men in civilian clothes and persons in military
uniform who were of Pakistani origin. During that period, the detainee was
forced to stand for prolonged periods, he had limited access to a toilet and he
was subjected to routine beatings up to three times per day. On the day of
his court hearing, he was hooded on his way to the courtroom.
CASE NO. 23
(Examined by forensic team)
Date of Statement: 28 August 2011
Statement: Security forces broke into the witness’s home at around 02:00
on 23 February 2011. They broke down the external door and terrorised his
wife and children. They did not have an arrest warrant. The detainee woke
up and walked to the door of his bedroom where he was grabbed by security
forces and dragged down the stairs. They did not allow him to get dressed.
He later found out that they had searched his home and stolen computers and
three mobile phones. He was blindfolded, handcuffed and placed in a jeep.
There, the security forces kicked him all over his body, except his head, and
insulted him. They tore his undershirt and pulled his hair and nipples. This
continued throughout the journey and they threatened that if he told anyone
about it they would torture him more severely.
The detainee was taken to the MoI interrogation centre where he had a
medical examination. He was subsequently forced to stand for long periods,
sometimes up to 10 hours, and this caused severe pain in his back and legs.
He would be permitted to sit down for a few minutes and then would be
forced to stand again. He was beaten regularly all over his body, sometimes
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