Bahraini activists launch online campaign against torture in prisons
Bahraini activists and social media users have launched a campaign on the platform to demand an immediate end to the torture of political dissidents at prisons and detention centers across the kingdom.
The activists launched the Arabic hashtag ‘Stop Torture in Bahrain’ on Twitter, urging people to pour onto the internet at 8:00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) on Friday and call for the cessation of the inhuman practice.
The initiative aims to commemorate the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which is held annually on June 26 to speak out against the crime of torture and to honor and support the victims and survivors throughout the world.
Bahrain has seen anti-regime protests over the past nine years. The major demand has been the ouster of the Al Khalifah regime and establishment of a just and conclusive system representing all Bahraini nationals.
The Manama regime, in return, has ignored the calls and is pressing ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown and persecution of human rights campaigners and political dissidents.
Bahrain’s parliament approved the trial of civilians at military tribunals on March 5, 2017. The move drew widespread condemnation from human rights bodies and activists, and was described as imposition of an undeclared martial law across the country.
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah rubber-stamped the constitutional amendment on April 3 that year.
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