Amnesty urges immediate action against death sentence of two Bahraini man

Rasa - Amnesty International voices concern over two men sentenced to death on 29th of December in Bahrain calling for an “urgent action.”

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Date: 08 January 2015 - 03:05

RNA - According to Rasa News, in a message issued by Amnesty International, the organization voiced concern over two men reportedly sentenced to death on 29 December in Bahrain calling for an immediate action.

Amnesty says they did not receive a “fair trial as the main evidence used against them was allegedly obtained under torture.”

The report also adds that the two detainees “told their lawyers that they were tortured or otherwise ill-treated during the first few days after their arrests between February and March.”

The confessions reportedly made under pressure “was used as main evidence in the trial to convict them,” Amnesty believes.

“No investigation is known to have taken place into the two men’s allegations of torture. Mohamed Ramadhan ‘Issa ‘Ali Hussain has not been allowed to give power of attorney to his lawyer and therefore he cannot appeal his sentence,” Amnesty claimed.

Since mid-February 2011, thousands of protesters have held numerous rallies in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power. Scores of people have been killed and thousands more wounded during the anti-regime demonstrations.

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