PHR Welcomes Release of 14 Bahraini Medics from Detention and Urges Kingdom of Bahrain to Drop All Charges

For Immediate Release

UPDATE, Sept. 12:

Following the release of the detained doctors, PHR remains seriously concerned about the circumstances and medical conditions of the remaining prisoners who have gone on a hunger strike to protest their arrests. This list of detainees, which is according to our current information, is shownbelow.

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PHR welcomes the news of the release of 14 Bahraini medics from detention,but remains concerned regarding their medical conditions and the still pendingcharges. PHR has continually called for their release from detentionand recognizes that this news is a positive step forward for the well-being ofthe medics and their families. PHR now urges the Kingdom of Bahrain to drop allcharges against the medics, who were arrested for providing care to protestersduring the popular uprising earlier this year.

InApril, PHR challenged the legitimacy of these charges based on our research inthe report Do No Harm, which detailedBahrain’s systematic attacks on physicians, medical staff and patients.  The Kingdom of Bahrain has also repeatedlybroken promises to try the medics in civilian courts instead of military hybridcourts. If charges are not dropped and trials go forward, they must adhere tointernationally recognized standards of fairness that protect the rights of theaccused.

Whileimprisoned, the detainees’ health significantly deteriorated and many detaineeswent on hunger strike to protest their detention. The Government of Bahrain mustensure the detainees have full access to medical treatment by independentprofessionals.

PHRhas also received reports of alleged torture in detention, and calls on theGovernment of Bahrain to allow independent forensic professionals to examinethe recently released medics to evaluate whether they have experienced tortureor other ill-treatment during their detention. 

“Whilewe are relieved to see these individuals released from detention, we call onthe Bahraini government to drop the charges against them and to let them seekadequate medical treatment,” said PHR Washington Director and Chief PolicyOfficer Hans Hogrefe. “The Government of Bahrain should immediately cease allacts of torture and other human rights violations and should hold allperpetrators accountable.”

 

Still detained, on hunger strike:

1. Ali Mirza Salman
2. Mohammed Mirza Salman
3. Mohammed Ali Ahmed Jawad
4. Hussain Abdunnabi Abbas
5. Hassan Ahmed Hilal
6. Hassan Mahdi Yousef
7. Taha Mansoor Ali Mansoor
8. Jassem Mohammed Habib
9. Jaffar Hassan Mulla Ali
10. Murtadha Ahmed Abdulla
11. Ebrahim Yousef Mohammed
12. Munir Ahmed Al-Sheikh (was admitted to Salmaniya Hospital and has undergone and a surgical operation)
13. Jassem Mohammed Abdulla Mahdi
14. Mohammad Aqeel Mahdi
15. Hussain Abbas Ashoor
16. Murtadha Abbas Ashoor
17. Ali KhalilJaffar
18. Sayed Ali Sayed Salman
19. Yousef Ahmed Khalifa Abbas
20. Jawad Jassem Mohammed Kadhem
21. Shawqi Rahdi Ali Abdurrasool
22. Sayed Ali Sayed Hadi
23. Syed Ali Salman Al-Majed
24. Hisham Khalil Mirza Juma
25. Moosa Jaffar Madan
26. Hussain Ebrahim Madan
27. Jassem Mohammed Jassem
28. Mahdi Jalil Yousef
29. Khalil Ebrahim Salman
30. Hussain Ahmed Hassan
31. Ahmed Sayed Mustafa
32. Ali Mohammed Hussain
33. Hussain Mohammed Hussain
34. Mohammed Jaffar Abdulla
35. Qaisar Haider Abduzahra (Iraqi National)
36. Tho Faqqar Abdulamir Naji (Iraqi National)
37. Ahmed Mohammed Ali
38. Ali Mohammed Ali
39. Hussain Mohammed Ali
40. Ahmed Abduridha Ali
41. Hassan Mohammed Hassan Juma
42. Hussain Ahmed Hussain
43. Sami Ahmed Meftah
44. Fadhel Abbas Mohammed Ali
45. Mohammed Makki Traif
46. Mohammd Abdulla Mansoor
47. Abdulhadi Ebrahim Khalil
48. Murtadha Salah Darwish
49. Ali Abdulemam Saeed
50. Maitham Jassem Mohammed Kadhem
51. Adel Abdushaheed Abdurrasool
52. Mohammed Ali Mansoor
53. Hussain Abduljalil Al-Singase
54. Hussan Mansoor Al-Hujjairi
55. Mohammed Mushaima
56. Baqer Jaffar Al-Shaabani
57. Abbas Ismail Abdulla
58. Abdulla Hsaan Ali
59. Sayed Alawi Sayed Mohsen (Abu Ghayeb)
60. Hussain Abdulamir Al-Saffar
61. Hassan Abdulhadi Al-Mukharaq
62. Salman Abdulhadi Al-Mukharaq
63. Tawfeeq Al-Qassab
64. Jawad Kadhem
65. Sayed Hdei Sayed Nasser
66. Ali Mohammed Hassan bin Rajab
67. Hassan Mohammed Hassan bin Rajab
68. Nader Al-Orrayedh
69. Khalil Ebrahim Al-Halwachi
70. Kadhem Ebrahim Al-Halwachi
71. Yousef Al-Halwachi
72. Jaffar Al-Halwachi
73. Hassan Mohammed Mohsen Al-Osfoor
74. Hadi Sayed Ahmed Hassan
75. Mustafa Salman Laith
76. Ali Jassem Al-Mogahi
77. Fathim Mansoor Omran
78. Redha Al-Dallal
79. Ali Jassem Al-Ghanmi
80. Fadhel Kadhem Ebrahim

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is a New York-based advocacy organization that uses science and medicine to prevent mass atrocities and severe human rights violations. Learn more here.