The death and alleged torture of a Bahraini man detained in connection with the war on Iran has sparked angry dissent in the Gulf state.
Mohamed al-Mosawi, 32, went out with friends on 19 March to eat the morning suhoor meal during the last days of Ramadan.
At some point, according to the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird), Mosawi and six of his friends were detained at a checkpoint by authorities.
Mosawi’s corpse had bruises and marks all across the face and body, photographs and footage seen by Middle East Eye showed. Protesters say they suggest he was likely tortured before his death.
Will nato leader condemn that and put sanctions on Bahrain for human right abuses? \s
if the puppet state is overthrown probably, bahrain is a mostly shia country which doesn’t play wall with their me campaign
Wonder if we’re going to see any Western media and Amnesty international outrage on this.
I’m holding my breath…
“He was tortured to death,” Alwadaei told MEE. The fate of the other men who disappeared alongside Mosawi is unknown. Ebtisam al-Saegh, a prominent human rights activist who previously accused Bahrain’s security services of torturing and sexually assaulting her, said she “feel pain and helplessness” after Mosawi’s death. “The state of his body reminds me of many men whose bodies emerged from security custody in the same condition,” al-Saegh told MEE. “They were effectively sentenced to death inside interrogation rooms; their bodies told the story.”
