SIU receives 35 complaints in February

Manama : The member of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU), Mohammed Khaled Al-Hazza has declared that the unit had received 35 complaints in the month of February, four of which had already been investigated with. Allegations included torture and ill-treatment.

As part of the work of the unit during the same month, the unit listened to the statements of 44 witnesses while interrogating 16 accused and suspected members of the public security forces, and referred the two complainants to the unit’s forensic examiner to indicate the injuries sustained, their causes and occurrence.

The unit completed its investigation in one of the cases in which a person claimed that he had been beaten by police while being detained during the first half of the year 2015. The unit eventually referred five accused members of the public security forces to the Lower Criminal Court for assault, based on the articles 75/4, 107/1, 339/1 and 2 of the Penal Code. The court hearing session will be held on 20/03/2016.