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.
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:
- Ali Mirza Salman
- Mohammed Mirza Salman
- Mohammed Ali Ahmed Jawad
- Hussain Abdunnabi Abbas
- Hassan Ahmed Hilal
- Hassan Mahdi Yousef
- Taha Mansoor Ali Mansoor
- Jassem Mohammed Habib
- Jaffar Hassan Mulla Ali
- Murtadha Ahmed Abdulla
- Ebrahim Yousef Mohammed
- Munir Ahmed Al-Sheikh (was admitted to Salmaniya Hospital and has undergone and a surgical operation)
- Jassem Mohammed Abdulla Mahdi
- Mohammad Aqeel Mahdi
- Hussain Abbas Ashoor
- Murtadha Abbas Ashoor
- Ali KhalilJaffar
- Sayed Ali Sayed Salman
- Yousef Ahmed Khalifa Abbas
- Jawad Jassem Mohammed Kadhem
- Shawqi Rahdi Ali Abdurrasool
- Sayed Ali Sayed Hadi
- Syed Ali Salman Al-Majed
- Hisham Khalil Mirza Juma
- Moosa Jaffar Madan
- Hussain Ebrahim Madan
- Jassem Mohammed Jassem
- Mahdi Jalil Yousef
- Khalil Ebrahim Salman
- Hussain Ahmed Hassan
- Ahmed Sayed Mustafa
- Ali Mohammed Hussain
- Hussain Mohammed Hussain
- Mohammed Jaffar Abdulla
- Qaisar Haider Abduzahra (Iraqi National)
- Tho Faqqar Abdulamir Naji (Iraqi National)
- Ahmed Mohammed Ali
- Ali Mohammed Ali
- Hussain Mohammed Ali
- Ahmed Abduridha Ali
- Hassan Mohammed Hassan Juma
- Hussain Ahmed Hussain
- Sami Ahmed Meftah
- Fadhel Abbas Mohammed Ali
- Mohammed Makki Traif
- Mohammd Abdulla Mansoor
- Abdulhadi Ebrahim Khalil
- Murtadha Salah Darwish
- Ali Abdulemam Saeed
- Maitham Jassem Mohammed Kadhem
- Adel Abdushaheed Abdurrasool
- Mohammed Ali Mansoor
- Hussain Abduljalil Al-Singase
- Hussan Mansoor Al-Hujjairi
- Mohammed Mushaima
- Baqer Jaffar Al-Shaabani
- Abbas Ismail Abdulla
- Abdulla Hsaan Ali
- Sayed Alawi Sayed Mohsen (Abu Ghayeb)
- Hussain Abdulamir Al-Saffar
- Hassan Abdulhadi Al-Mukharaq
- Salman Abdulhadi Al-Mukharaq
- Tawfeeq Al-Qassab
- Jawad Kadhem
- Sayed Hdei Sayed Nasser
- Ali Mohammed Hassan bin Rajab
- Hassan Mohammed Hassan bin Rajab
- Nader Al-Orrayedh
- Khalil Ebrahim Al-Halwachi
- Kadhem Ebrahim Al-Halwachi
- Yousef Al-Halwachi
- Jaffar Al-Halwachi
- Hassan Mohammed Mohsen Al-Osfoor
- Hadi Sayed Ahmed Hassan
- Mustafa Salman Laith
- Ali Jassem Al-Mogahi
- Fathim Mansoor Omran
- Redha Al-Dallal
- Ali Jassem Al-Ghanmi
- 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.