Zuheir Ibrahim Jassim and Hussein Abdullah Rashid

BAHRAIN: CASSATION COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST POLITICAL DETAINEES ZUHEIR IBRAHIM, HUSSEIN ABDULLAH

June 17, 2020:

The Bahraini Cassation Court upheld on 15 June 2020 death sentences against political detainees Zuheir Ibrahim Jassim and Hussein Abdullah Rashid.
There are now 11 citizens in Bahrain facing final death sentence pending the ratification of the King of Bahrain.
Zuheir Ibrahim, Hussein Abdullah, along with others were accused of targeting a bus for security men, leaving one dead and others injured. Meanwhile, Hussein Abdullah was accused of targeting a police car in Damistan in 2014.
Human rights organizations say that Zuheir Ibrahim, Hussein Abdullah and the convicted in the two cases were severely tortured to say confessions.
International human rights organizations describe jurisdiction in Bahrain as a system of injustice and say that Bahrain's courts play a key role in maintaining the country's highly repressive political order, routinely sentencing peaceful protesters to long prison terms.