The Independent Reveals British Involvement in the Repression of Bahrainis

The Independent newspaper revealed the violations of Bahraini regime in Isa prison. The newspaper mentioned in its report “the case of the Bahraini detainee, Hajar Mansour,” and the conditions of her detention in prison

“They are closing in on me and suffocating me,” says Hajer Mansoor. “This isn’t humanity.” “This is completely inhumane treatment,” the mother of five says. “I’m inside the room for almost 24 hours. If I ever leave my room, an officer is always behind me step by step and doesn’t leave me alone.

“They lock me in the room almost all day with absolutely nothing to keep myself busy. I can’t receive visits from my children. I’m forbidden from speaking to other Bahraini inmates.”
Among those calling for further action to be taken is women’s activist Medina Ali, who was released at the end of last year after more than two years in Isa Town, where she shared a cell with Ms Mansoor.

Speaking to The Independent in her first interview since leaving prison, Ms Ali says she suffered “extremely harsh treatment” throughout her sentence.
Since 2012, £6.5m of British taxpayers’ money has been spent on training Bahraini public institutions, including the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman and Special Investigation Unit, which have been condemned by human rights organizations for covering up a slew of torture allegations, including the case of Ms Mansoor, as well as unlawful executions.

It was stated in the claim of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and American for Democracy to the president of the British University of Huddersfield that they had received hand-written certificates smuggled from the “Joe” prison that contained detainees’ physical torture, and according to the two institutions included electric shock, beating on the face and abdomen and other sensitive places, as reported by detainees Subjected to sexual assault and rape at the academy.