Bahrain Crackdown: Jaw Prison’s Detainees in Critical Health Conditions!
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As the international community turns the deaf ear to the humanitarian suffering of Bahrainis inside and outside prisons, a report emerged from inside central "Jaw Prison" documenting the worsened situations and mistreatment of prisoners.
Jaw prisoners are being subjected to continuous harassment and mistreatment and they are deprived from their basic human rights that include receiving medical treatment and medicaments. Lacking such rights was the cause of spreading many diseases on the one hand and health deterioration of many detainees on the other hand.
Special reports from inside the notorious Jaw Prison's cells uncovered that many patients are suffering from sickle-cell anemia, a group of blood disorders, in which they are denied medical treatment that led to critical health conditions among the detainees. Indeed, ten prisoners inside Jaw suffer from severe sickle-cell disease, fainting inside their cells due to the lack of required medical treatment.
Besides, a report made by 10 of the imprisoned activists revealed that the lives of many sick detainees are endangered amid the policy of systematic revenge adapted by the Bahraini authorities to prevent access to medications, medical care in addition to the worsening general health conditions inside the prison.
Escalating its measures against the detainees, the Bahraini authorities further continue to violate human rights by subjecting them to torture. Informed sources also revealed that the prison's administration keeps cells closed along the day's 24 hours, except the 40 minutes during which prisoners are allowed access to daylight.
Prisoners additionally are also bothered when they are allowed to call their families. They are not allowed to talks but for few minutes. Some of them are chained even when making the call. They are obliged to stand facing the wall. And the worst of all is that the line is cut off suddenly and they are taken back to their cells.
Another report noted that Jaw prisoners are subjected to torture even inside the medical clinic, in case they were taken there, in the solitary confinement and during inspection.
Source: Al-Ahed News
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