Bahrain: Prisoners on Hunger Strike Suffer From Deteriorating Health

More detainees are joining a hunger strike to protest ongoing trials from the crackdown on the protests by the Shia majority.  The Bahrain Center for Human Rights released a statement highlighting the hunger strike, which now includes 20 doctors who are imprisoned and face anti-state charges linked to the protests against the Sunni dynasty.  The Bahrain Center for Human Rights also reported that at least two other activists, Abdul Jalil al-Singace and Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, have also begun hunger strikes in solidarity. The activists were sentenced to life in prison. Nabeel Rajab, a spokesman for the group, reported that the detainees are protesting that trials should take place in a civil court not a military tribunal.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) called on Bahrain to ensure that trials for detained medical professionals should follow international legal standards and be open to observers.  PHR has also called on that Bahrain Commission of Inquiry to immediately investigate the conditions of the detainees in poor medical health and on hunger strike.

The Bahrain Ministry of Interior offered 10,000 Bahraini Dinars to anyone who has information on the death of the 14-year-old boy Ali AlShaikh.  Sameera Rajab, a member of the Shoura council released a statement on national television that a serial killed was on the loose and was responsible for these deaths.

Videos have been released on riot police attacking protesters at close range and other videos show people being slapped in the car before being shot, as well as security forces shooting randomly at people’s homes.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights sent a letter to the High Representative of the European Reunion Catherine Ashton emphasizing spy gear abuses.