20 Facts About Hussain Jawad

Hussain Jawad Parweez is a leading Bahraini human rights activist.

Hussain Jawad is the Chairman and founder of the European-Bahraini Organisation for Human Rights.

Hussain Jawad is one of the founders of Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights and served as its Vice-president from 2004 to 2006.

Hussain Jawad has been a member of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights since 2002.

Hussain Jawad was arrested in a raid on his house on February 16,2015.

Hussain Jawad denied the charges and told the judge he was tortured when in custody of the Criminal Investigations Directorate.

However, the cases against Mr Jawad were not terminated and Hussain still stands trial at a later date.

The Public Prosecution ordered the release of Mr Hussain Jawad pending trial on charges of "illegal gathering" and "rioting".

Hussain Jawad was questioned by the Special Investigation Unit, the body mandated to investigate and bring to court allegations of torture and other violations by the security forces, and told them he was tortured and threatened with further torture if he withdrew his confession.

Hussain Jawad was tried together with two other individuals in the same case, whom one is the Kuwaiti MP Abdulhamid Dashti.

Hussain Jawad denied the charges and told the judge he was tortured when in custody of the CID.

On May 19,2015 Hussain Jawad was released from prison and the cases against him were adjourned to May 29 and November 7.

On February 13,2015, Jen Psaki, then a Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, at her daily press briefing said that US were closely following the case of Hussain Jawad and continue to gather more information.

Hussain Jawad said that the British Embassy in Bahrain has raised the allegations of mistreatment made by Mr Jawad with the Ministry of Interior's Ombudsman and that the embassy officials have attended Mr Jawad's court appearances.

Hussain Jawad was arrested on spot at the Central Province Police station and taken to the dry dock prison where he spent 47 days.

Hussain Jawad's arrest came following a speech he delivered calling for peaceful struggle and democracy.

Hussain Jawad was greeted by UK Visas and Immigration officials at Heathrow airport, and taken to a medium security prison for illegal immigrants.

Hussain Jawad's case was placed in a Detained Fast Track special program, designed for uncomplicated cases that would eventually be returned to their home countries, despite his strong case for asylum.

Hussain Jawad has campaigned specifically for human rights on behalf of detainees and prisoners.

Hussain Jawad has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of "conspiring to topple the regime and collaborating with a terrorist organization".