{"id":12543,"date":"2018-03-29T14:02:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org.uk\/?post_type=update&p=12543"},"modified":"2020-05-28T15:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:24:34","slug":"bahrain-reconsider-death-sentences-torture-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2018\/03\/29\/bahrain-reconsider-death-sentences-torture-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain to reconsider death sentences of torture victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa were sentenced in December 2014, after being subjected to torture, including being stripped naked, beaten with iron rods and having their families threatened with rape. But now their death sentences will be reconsidere<\/strong>d.<\/p>\n

Acting on recommendations from UK-trained torture investigators, Bahrain\u2019s Attorney General Bahrain has requested that the country\u2019s highest court reconsider the death sentences handed to two men convicted on the basis of forced confessions obtained through torture.<\/p>\n

Bahrain\u2019s Special Investigations Unit (SIU), a UK-trained body set up to investigate allegations of misconduct and torture, recommended the case was referred to the Court of Cassation after new medical evidence emerged.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General of Bahrain, Dr Ali bin Fadhl Al-Buainain, said in a statement\u00a0posted on social media<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0that the cases were being referred \u201cin accordance with the requirements of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

This belated recognition that Mohamed and Husain’s trial was unfair is welcome but it comes after they have already suffered torture. It also comes at a time when there are others facing imminent execution, including Maher Abbas who has had his death sentence confirmed despite Bahrain\u2019s highest court accepting that he was convicted on the basis of a confession obtained through torture.<\/p>\n

We are therefore asking Bahrain to go further and allow the Special Investigation Unit to review all death penalty cases where there were allegations of torture. This must include the case of Maher Abbas. Any findings made by the SIU must be made public.<\/p>\n

If justice is to be done, Bahrain must also stay all imminent executions pending SIU investigations into all further torture allegations, and\u00a0the UK and EU must commit to trial monitoring for any new trials.<\/p>\n

More to come on this…<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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