ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #376
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** Bahrain
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** Profile in Persecution
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** Jasim Mohamed AlMahroos
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Jasim Mohamed AlMahroos was a 23-year-old student of religious studies at Hawza Ilmiyya in Qom, Iran when he was arbitrarily arrested by Bahraini authorities at the Bahrain International Airport while returning from Iran in 2018. During his detention, he was subject to torture and other human rights violations. He is currently held in Jau Prison, where he is serving his life sentence.

On 27 February 2018, officers in civilian clothing arrested Jasim at the passport department of Bahrain International Airport once he arrived from Iran without presenting any arrest warrant. They confiscated his phone and prevented him from collecting his luggage. He was then transferred to the investigations building of Jau Prison, Building 15.

In Building 15 of Jau Prison, Jasim was able to call his family for the first time after his arrest. However, he was forced to lie to them, being made to say that he was at the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) in Adliya. Between 27 February and 2 March, Jasim was subjected to physical and psychological torture by Criminal Investigation officers to force him into confessing, and his lawyer was unable to attend. He was beaten, electrocuted, forced to stand for long hours, deprived from sleep, and threatened with harming his family. Through these forms of torture, Jasim was forced into giving a false confession.

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** GCC in the Wire
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** - Small protests mark 10th anniversary of Bahrain uprising (Al Jazeera) ([link removed])
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Small and sporadic demonstrations took place in Bahrain on Sunday amid a hefty police presence, marking 10 years since the Gulf nation’s Arab Spring-inspired uprising.

- Mars Mission From the U.A.E. Begins Orbit of Red Planet (New York Times) ([link removed])

On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates became just the fifth nation to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars when its robotic probe, named Hope, began orbiting the red planet.

- A decade after 2011 protests, Bahrain suppresses all dissent (AP) ([link removed])

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A decade after demonstrators massed in Bahrain’s capital to call for the downfall of their government in 2011, authorities continue to suppress all signs of dissent.

- Greece seeks Gulf allies to counter tension with Turkey (AP) ([link removed])

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Foreign ministers and senior officials from several Persian Gulf countries were meeting in Athens on Thursday, as Greece seeks to expand alliances to counter tension with regional rival Turkey.

- Saudi Arabia will continue to treat Houthis as terrorists, says Saudi U.N. representative (Reuters) ([link removed])

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will continue to treat Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist organisation despite a U.S. decision to lift the designation on the group, according to the kingdom’s permanent representative to the United Nations.

- Saudi women's rights activist Hathloul freed from jail, relatives say (Reuters) ([link removed])

DUBAI (Reuters) - Prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from a Saudi prison after nearly three years behind bars, her family said on Wednesday, a case that has drawn international condemnation.


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