Bahrain: Halt Executions of 2 Men Unfairly Convicted

Click to expand Image Mohamed Ramadan (left) and Ali Moosa (right). © Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Beirut) – King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain should commute the death sentences of Mohamed Ramadan and Hussein Ali Moosa, 16 international and Bahraini rights groups said today in a joint letter to the king. The men were not afforded a fair trial and their allegations of torture were not adequately investigated. Security forces arrested Moosa, 34, on February 21, 2014, and Ramadan, 37, on February 18, 2014, on charges of attacking police “with terrorist purpose,” in…

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