International Federation for Human Rights says 10 Bahrainis face death penalty after unfair trials

international and Bahraini non-governmental organizations strongly condemned the repeated use of the death penalty

 

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other international and Bahraini non-governmental organizations strongly condemned the repeated use of the death penalty by Bahraini authorities and called on the government to commute the death and life sentences.

In a statement published on the (FIDH) website, the organizations highlighted a number of violations in Bahrain, one of which is sentencing a Bahraini man to death and 22 others to life imprisonment in December 31, 2015; bringing the total number of persons on death row in the country to 10 convicts.

Bahraini regime declared as well that all the defendants were stripped of their citizenships bringing the total number of those whose nationalities were revoked to 200 persons during 2015.

The organizations also condemned the unfair trials those sentenced to death are facing, as well as the use of torture, calling on the Bahraini government to “commute all death sentences; investigate and prosecute all acts of torture, mistreatment, enforced disappearance; and establish procedures to ensure the fairness of all criminal trials and appeals.”