Bahrain: State of Fear Prevails With Arbitrary Detentions, Pre-Dawn Raids

On: April 7, 2011

In: Bahrain, detentions, Free Expression, Freedom of Association, Middle East Uprising, Middle East/N. Africa, Police Brutality, Press release, protests

Arbitrary detention appears rampant under Bahrain’s state of emergency, with numerous cases in which authorities have abused people they detained or stopped. Bahrain should account for everyone who has been detained and free those arbitrarily arrested following recent public protests.

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