In 3 days, Tortured to Death in Custody – #Bahrain

Three days of torture ended Ali’s life in #Bahrain jail

The Martyr Ali Isa Ibrahim Saqer

March 2011, Bahrain is under state of emergency
The massive protests at the Pearl square in manama had just been crushed by the GCC forces who entred Bahrain territory

The troops carried out day and night house raids, and practiced wide horrifying abuses Bahrainis have never witnessed before

The Bahrain independent commission of inquiry chaired by int’l law expert Mr cherif bassiouni has documented a wide portion of these abuses

Ali Saqer’s home was raided by the troops
His family was threatened that if he did not hand himself in they would be attacked

On 17th April 2011
Ali appeared at Hamad town police station
After three days …he was pronounced dead

The commission’s report sates in paragraph 992 that :

19 April 2011, Mr Ali Isa Ibrahim Saqer was pronounced dead. The death certificate states that the cause of death was hypovolemic shock resulting from several traumas.

The BICI, also, stated in paragraph 993 that:

A forensic report confirmed the cause of death and concluded that the deceased had dark red bruises across the body but mostly around the back of the hands and right eye. His wrists had red flaking marks because of handcuffing and these marks were of recent origin.

In paragraph 996, the BICI concluded that:

The death of Mr Ali is attributed to torture at the Dry Dock Detention Centre. Mr Ali was in the custody of the MoI at the time of his death.