Profile in Persecution: Jaafar Ali Mohamed

Jaafar Ali Mohamed is a 32-year-old Bahraini citizen, who was an active participant in social activities in the Al-Qurayyah village, was warrantlessly arrested in 2014  and is currently serving his life sentence in Jau Prison. Previously, Jaafar had been arrested twice before. On 13 April 2012, he was arrested for the first time during a[…]

Profile in Persecution: Sayed Mujtaba Alawi AlKhabbaz

Sayed Mujtaba Alawi AlKhabbaz, a university student in his first semester of computer engineering, was only 17 years old when he was warrantlessly arrested in Ghuraifa. Sayed has since been subjected to severe torture and ill-treatment at the hands of the Bahraini authorities who have deprived him of the chance to complete his higher education.[…]

Profile in Persecution: Husain Ahmed Ali (AlMoamen)

Husain Ahmed Ali , a 26-year-old Bahraini employee at the time, was warrantlessly arrested in 2017, tortured, and imprisoned following an unfair trial. He is currently serving his sentence in Jau Prison. On 13 March 2017 at 2 a.m., Husain’s father’s house was raided by a group of masked police officers in civilian clothes from[…]

Profile in Persecution: Yaser Ahmed Ali

Yaser Ahmed Ali is one of six members of the AlMoamen family who have been  arrested since the 2011 pro-democracy demonstrations in Bahrain. He was 24 years old at the time of his warrantless arrest and is currently serving his sentence in Jau Prison. Yaser was arrested on 13 March 2017 from his home in[…]

Profile in Persecution: Sadeq Jaafar Shamlooh

Sadeq Jaafar Shamlooh was a 16-year-old freshman student when he was warrantlessly arrested, tortured, and sentenced in several unfair trials. He is currently held in Jau Prison where is he is serving a 26-year sentence, meaning that by the time he serves his sentence, he would have spent more than half his life in prison.[…]