forced confessions

Saudi Arabia’s official press agency has announced a mass execution of 37 people. Most, if not all, were convicted in the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC), the Kingdom’s secretive and widely condemned anti-terrorism tribunal.

At least three detainees told family members that state security forces forced them to sign statements while blindfolded and under duress.

The King of Bahrain has commuted the death sentences of four men accused of plotting to kill the head of the armed forces.

Acting on recommendations from UK-trained torture investigators, Bahrain’s Attorney General has requested that the country’s highest court reconsider the death sentences handed to two men convicted on the basis of forced confessions obtained through torture.