Four men arrested over a roadside bombing in a Bahraini village that killed one policeman Thursday say they were beaten and tortured in prison to force confessions, an activist who met them while custody said today.
"They were then taken to the public prosecution office without a lawyer to try and convince them they were guilty," Said Yousif, deputy head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, told Al-Akhbar.
The village of al-Eker has been under siege since the bomb was detonated overnight Thursday. Bahrain yesterday announced that it had arrested seven people it suspected of the bombing.
Yousif was arrested yesterday along with two other activists, Zainab al-Khawaja and Naji Fateel, after trying to break the siege.
The three marched from the neighboring village of Sitra to deliver bread and medicine to residents when they were detained at a checkpoint at about 2:00pm. They were released around midnight, Yousif said.
"They were then taken to the public prosecution office without a lawyer to try and convince them they were guilty," Said Yousif, deputy head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, told Al-Akhbar.
The village of al-Eker has been under siege since the bomb was detonated overnight Thursday. Bahrain yesterday announced that it had arrested seven people it suspected of the bombing.
Yousif was arrested yesterday along with two other activists, Zainab al-Khawaja and Naji Fateel, after trying to break the siege.
The three marched from the neighboring village of Sitra to deliver bread and medicine to residents when they were detained at a checkpoint at about 2:00pm. They were released around midnight, Yousif said.
