Jasim Mohamed AlMahroos
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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