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Martyr Zakariya Al-Asheeri:

Paragraph number 999 from BICI report stated that:

The Commission received information that the deceased was arrested on 2 April 2011 by security forces who entered his family home by breaking down the door. The deceased was allegedly tortured at the CID. On 9 April 2011, he was transferred to Dry Dock Detention Centre. He was subjected to torture between 6 and 9 April 2011, and died from torture in Room Number 1.

The Commission also received a statement from a witness who was detained in the same cell as the deceased. The witness stated that all the detainees in the same cell were blindfolded and handcuffed, and forced to lie on their stomachs. On one of the mornings, the deceased began to experience hallucinations or confusion, whereby he began banging on the door shouting his name. The prison guards shouted at him to be quiet and when he did not comply, they entered his cell. The witness heard the deceased being beaten and he heard him scream after each beating. The witness then heard a shuffling noise after which the deceased’s shouts became muffled.

The witness then heard a Pakistani say in Urdu, “He is dead.”

In Paragraph number 1000 from BICI report, the commission concluded that:

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