Bahrain Crackdown: Rights Activist Tortured, Cruelly Attacked, UN Warns
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A group of United Nations [UN] experts expressed deep concern regarding the tragic deterioration of human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh's health condition, mainly following reports saying she was subjected to torture, attack and mistreatment.
The experts urged the Bahraini government to investigate all human rights violations committed against al-Saegh, including security forces' torture during interrogations, and preventing the government from repeating such actions. They further called the regime for abiding by its commitments regarding the international law for human rights.
UN experts further noted that since the day of arresting al-Saegh, she has been on hunger strike and has been deprived from her basic right to required legal measures until our day.
"We are worried that she would be subjected to more torture," the experts stressed, reflecting their fears towards the oppressive crackdown against the Bahraini opposition and civil society, in addition to tyranny and ongoing punishment against human rights defenders, namely the terror campaigns to revenge from those cooperating with the UN measures.
It is worth mentioning that the experts are Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dubravka Simonovic, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and José Antonio Guevara Bermúdez, First Vice-Chair of Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Source: News Agencies, Translated by website team
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