Bahraini human rights activist recounts torture
Bahraini human rights activist Abdulghani Khanjar recounts his torture in detention.
Abdulghani Khanjar (@AKHANJAR) is a Bahraini human rights activist who has been campaigning against torture in Bahrain. He used to serve as the spokesperson for the National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture.
In August 2010, Khanjar himself became a torture victim when he was arrested by the Bahrain government and held in detention until being released in February 2011. In the following tweets, Khanjar describes his arrest and the torture he was subjected to.For more background information about Khanjar's arrest, read:
Note: The UN CAT is the UN Committee Against Torture.
These are the submissions made by the organization that Abdulghani represents to the UN CAT in 2005 and 2008:- Presentation: Victims of Torture are Still Suffering, Geneva, May 2005 (pdf)
- Bahrain shadow report to the UN Committee Against Torture, March 2005 (pdf)- A Focus on Torture and Impunity in Bahrain, April 2008 (pdf)
- (NSA = National Security Agency)

