Political prisoners denied medical care in Bahrain | Underreported

Bahrain Political Prisoners In late March 2019, when Bahrain was preparing for Grand Prix, dozens of political prisoners were writhing in pain behind bars.

These high-profile prisoners were denied adequate medical care as a form of punishment by the Bahraini regime. The prisoners are mostly serving time for their peaceful pro-democracy protests in the year 2011 onward. According to Joe Stork, Deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, “Many of these people should not have been imprisoned in the first place, and arbitrary denial of medical care may amount to extrajudicial punishment.” Bahrain’s authorities have reportedly denied them urgent medical care, access to specialists, medication and medical examination.