Individuals Killed By Government's Excessive Use of Force Since 14 February 2011
(Last Updated 15 January 2017)
The following list includes the names of individuals whose death has been confirmed by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights to have been caused as a direct result of the government's excessive use of force. Each case below has been subjected to a careful review by trained BCHR staff, and medical professionals have been consulted where appropriate. However, due to limits on BCHR staff capacity and government attacks on human rights defenders, this list is not exhaustive.
• 24 recorded deaths during the 3 month National State of Security, including 5 while in police custody.
• Over 30 deaths since the issuance of BICI report.
• 18 children, under the age of 18, among the killed.
• Among causes of deaths: Direct shots with live ammuniction, torture and beating to death, and suffocation with tear gas
• The list includes three police men, who according to the Interior Ministry, were affiliated with the government security services and died as a result of being "run over by an unidentified car". The list also includes non-Bahrainis.
Excel Sheet of the same list , check below for more details.
96 Sayed Mahmood Sayed Mohsen Sayed Ahmed, 14 years old, Sitra. On the 21st of May 2014, Sayed Mahmood was pronounced dead on arrival at Sitra Medical Center after being chased, ambushed, and shot in close range with shotgun pellets by police during a funeral procession in Sitra. BCHR Report
95 Abdulaziz Mosa AlAbbar, 27 years old, Saar. On the 18th of Apr 2014, Al-Abbar died after spending two months in a coma after sustaining critical brain injury as a result of a shot in the head with a tear gas canister. BCHR Report
94 Jaffar Mohammed Jaffar AlDurazi, 23 years old, Al-Diah. On the 26th of Feb 2014 the head of the Rehabilitation and Corrections Department announced the death of the detainee Jaffar AlDurazi while receiving medical treatment at the Salmanniya Medical Comple due to Sickle Cell Anemia Disease. The BCHR received information that AlDurazi was subjected to torture and poor prison conditions while in prison, as well as ill-treatment. BCHR Report
93 Fadhel Abbas Muslim Marhoon, 19 years old, Al-Diraz, Date of Death: 26 Jan 2014. Fhadhel died as a result of live bullets fired by the police, following 18 days of his enforced disappearance. BCHR Report
92 Yousif Ali AlNashmi, 31 years old, Al-Musallah, date of death: 11 Oct 2013. Yousif died due to the authorities practice of arbitrary arrest, torture and deprivation of adequate medical treatment. BCHR Report
91 Hussain Mansoor Abdulla Kadhem, 33 years old, Malkiya, date of death: 29 July 2013, died as a result of a car crash caused by a police officer's reckless driving. BCHR Report
90 Abdul Ghani AlRais, 66 years old, Diraz, date of death: 01 April 2013, died as a result of psychological effects after he was informed of the arbitrary arrest of his son. BCHR Report
89 Mahmood Isa AlJazeeri, 20 years old, Nabih Saleh, Date of Death: 22 Feb 2013, died due to a direct tear gas canister hit to his head. BCHR Report
88 Hussain Ali Ahmed Ebrahim, 16 years old, Daih, Date of Death: 14 Feb 2013 Ebrahim died of a direct shotgun blast he received from close range. BCHR Report
87 Qassim Habib, 8 years old, Karbabad, Date of death: 26-JAN-2013 Habib died as a result of tear gas suffocation. Report: BCHR Report
86 Habeeb Ebrahim, 87 years old, Malkiya, Date of death: 12-JAN-2013 Ebrahim died as a result of tear gas suffocation. Report: BCHR Report
85 Bassil Al-Qattan, 44 years old, Shakhoora, Date of death: 19-Dec-2012 Died as a result of tear gas suffocation. Report: BCHR Report
84 Ali Radhi, 16 years old, Samaheej, Date of death: 9-Nov-2012 BCHR Report
83 Mahdi Ali Marhoon, 84 years old, Maameer, Date of death: 17-Oct-2012 He was transferred to hospital two months earlier, after suffocating with tear gas. His house in Maameer was targeted with tear gas several times. Report: Manama Voice
82 Mohammed Mushaima, 22 years old, Date of death: 2-Oct-2012 BCHR Report
81 Ali Hussain Neamah, 17 years old, Saddad, Date of death:28-Sep-2012 BCHR Report
80 Hussam Al Haddad, 16 years old, Muharraq, Date of death: 17-Aug-2012 BCHR Report
79 Shabeer Mammed, 27 years old, Indian, Date of death: 22-April-2012 He was found dead in his room in Sanad village. Area residents said the houses close to his were attacked with tear gas in the night before. His death is linked to suffocation of tear gas.
78 Salah Abbas Habib, 36 years old, from Bilad Alqadeem, Date of death: 21 April 2012 He was arrested, beaten and shot with birdshots. BCHR Report
77 Khadija Mohammed Ali, from Ma'ameer, Date of Death:5 April 2012 She Suffered from toxic/tear gas suffocation for 3 months in hospital ICU until her death was announced.
76 Ahmed Ismael Hussain AlSamadi, 22 years old, Salmabad, Date of Death: 31-Mar-2012 Was shot in the right thigh (lower abdomen) by armed civilians. Report and photos BCHR | RSF | CPJ | UN
75 Ahmed Abdulnabi AbdulRasool, 30 years old, died on 24 March 2012 due to tear gas suffocation as per his family. Ahmed's sister is having trouble breathing as well due to the excessive use of tear gas by Bahraini security forces almost on a nightly basis. Ahmed's family said that he never had any berthing problems until this past week when he suffocated from tear gas twice. Tear gas was shot directly into their home, window broken. After that Ahmed had trouble breathing and was constantly coughing. When his family insisted he go to the hospital he refused, fearing arrest. Report: BCHR
74 Abdat Ali AbdulMohsen, in her 40s, from Aali, died on 23 March 2012 she died from tear gas suffocation according to her family. Abda, who is in her 40's, had suffered from breathing difficulties on the 15th of March, and she was taken to the hospital where she stayed for a week. On the 22nd of March her house was tear gassed again, her health deteriorated quickly and she died on the morning of the 23rd of March. Report: BCHR
73 Sabri Mahfoodh Yousif, 27 years old, Shahrakan, Date of Death: 19-Mar-2012 His family members confirmed to BCHR his death as a result of toxic gas asphyxiation. Report: BCHR
72 Jaffar Jassem Radhi, 41 years old, Date Of Death: 17-Mar-2012 He died after severe deterioration of his health as a result of excessive tear gas that was shot directly at his house in the previous night 16 March 2012. Report: BCHR
71 Fadhel AlObaidy, 22 year old, Diraz, Date of Death: 10-Mar-2012 He was shot in the head with a teargas canister on March 1st, 2012 when he was peacfuly protesting. He was announced clinically brain dead on 2nd March at the Bahrain International hospital (private hospital), and he passed away in the early hours of Saturday 10 March 2012. According to eye witnesses, security forces continued to beat, punch and kick Fadhel after he was shot in the head with a teargas canister. Report: BCHR
70 Sakeena Marhoon, in her 70s, Date of Death: 06-Mar-2012 She died after suffering from side effects of repeated inhalation of toxic gases thrown by security forces inside her house several times in Feb and March 2012. Report: BCHR
69 Yahya Yousif Ahmed, one month and a half, Date of Death: 05-Mar-2012 He died after suffering from side effects of toxic gas during pregnancy. Report: BCHR
68 Sayed Jaffar Salman AlAlawi, 75 years old, Shakhora, Date of Death: 2 March 2012 He was beaten severely on 15 Feb 2011 by Bahrain security forces, which left him with head injury and hip injury. He fell in comma and when he woke up he lost his memory and his health deteriorated. He spent the past year in hospital until his death was announced. Photo
67 Habib Kadhim Almulla, 60 years old, Sehal, Date of Death: 29-Feb-2012 He died on morning of Feb 29, 2012 due to teargas suffocation. Last friday, teargas was shot inside his home in Sehla, it broke the window and made him suffocates, and he was moved to to Salmanya hospital. His brother told BCHR that this was not the 1st time that Habib suffocates from the fired gases, but it was the 3rd time. Report: BCHR
66 Abda Hussain, 68 years old, Sehla, Date of Death: 25-Feb-2012 The cause of death was related to inhaling excessive amounts of tear gas which was filling the village (Sehla) which she lived in. Report: Alwefaq
65 Rose Nisha Naikarottu Baby Varghese, India, Date of Death: 21-Feb-2012 On 25 January, she entered a coma during an asthma attack that her family says may have been caused by tear gas inhalation. She died on 21 February, a day before she was to be sent home to India for treatment. Report: gulf daily news
64 Mansoor Salman, 85 years old, Sitra, Date of Death: 18-Feb-2012 Mansoor Salman passed away in the morning due to deterioration of his health as a result of inhalation of toxic gases shot by security forces on 2 Feb 2012. He was transferred to SMC after suffocating with toxic gases and he stayed there until he died yesterday. Mansoor's death due to toxic gases is the last of a series of similar incidents where people dies because of heavy shooting of tear (toxic) gas in residential areas. (Report)
63 Ali Issa Abdulla Alhayeki, 48 years old, Samaheej, Date of Death: 6-Feb-2012 Family confirmed to BCHR that he suffered from suffocation from teargas that was shot in front of his house in Samaheej. Report BCHR
62 Abdali Ali Mohamed, 58 yrs old, Maamer, Date of dath: 1-Feb-2012 His house often get attacked with tear gas. He was exposed to tear gas on 27 Jan 2012. Admitted to hospital directly where he still until his death was announced. Report: BCHR
61 Zahra Ali Alhawaj, 69 years old, Noaim, Date of Death: 1-Feb-2012 According to her family she was exposed to tear gas multiple times. The last was on 12 Jan 2012 and her health deteriorated immediately following tear gas inhalation as her home area in Noaim (close to capital Manama) was tear-gassed. She was admitted to hospital ICU in the same night where she stayed without any improvement to her health. She suffered inflammation of the lungs. She didn’t suffer of any illness before. His death was announced on early hours of 1 Feb 2012. Report: BCHR
60 Saeed Ali Al-Sukari, 65 years old , from Aali, Date of Death: 25-Jan-2012 Family says it's due to excessive tear gas that was thrown in the area the night before. For difficulty of verifying the cause of death, the BCHR demands an independent forensic examination of the deceased. Report BCHR
59 Abbas Jaffar AlShaikh, 26 years old, from Daih, Date of Death: 25-Jan-2012 Death announced at Salmanyia hospital due to cancer. Abbas is a protester who was injured many times since Feb 14, 2011, including injuries caused by birdshots. Speculations are that because he was increasingly subjected to teargas, that may have sped up the cancer. For difficulty of verifying the cause of death, the BCHR demands an independent forensic examination of the deceased. Report BCHR
58 Muntadher Saeed Fakhar, 37 years old, from Sanabis, Date of Death: 25-Jan-2012 (Photo) He died under torture in Hoora police station within 24 hours from time of arrest. Report BCHR
57 Mohamed Ebrahim Yaqoob, 18 years old, from Sitra, Date of Death: 25-Jan-2012 (Photo) , was a victim of run over attempt by police in the afternoon- video then was arrested, few hours later the ministry of interior announced his death. Report BCHR
56 Mohamed Khamis AlKhunaizi,26 year old, Jidhafs, Date-of-Death: 20-Jan-2012 He vomited after being subjected to excessive teargas, after which he went to sleep. He was found dead by his family a few hours later. Report and photos BCHR
55 Yaseen Jassim AlAsfoor, 14 year old boy, Maameer/AlEker, Date of Death: 20-Jan-2012 He was taken to the hospital after he was subjected to excessive teargas. His house was shot with three tear gas canisters at the time. He suffers from acute asthma and he was moved to the ICU when his lungs collapsed. Yaseen was in the hospital for 3 weeks before passing away. Report and photo: BCHR
54 Salma Muhsin, 81 years old, Barbar, Date of Death: 15-Jan-2012 She died from teargas suffocation after a canister was shot into her home.
53 Yousif Ahmed Muwali, 24 years old, Qalali, Date of Death: 13-Jan-2012 Yousif had gone missing five days. When his mother went to the police station to file a missing persons report she was told that Yousif was at the CID and that he was fine. Death was announced by MOI. When the family were finally able to see the body, the uncle reports via the lawyer that there are clear marks of torture on the victims head and neck. Report: BCHR-1 | BCHR-2
52 Fakhria Jassim AlSakran, 55 year old, Isa Town/Muharraq, Date of Death: 03-Jan-2012 Has been killed after inhaling a lethal does of tear gas. Report: BCHR
51 Sayed Hashim Sayed Saeed , 15 years old, Sitra, Date of Death: 30-Dec-2011 was shot with a teargas canister in the side of the face which caused his death. Report and Photos: BCHR
50 Abdulali Ali Ahmed, 73 years old, Muqsha, Date of death: 17-Dec-2011 He died due to tear gas inhalation. He was taken to a hospital Saturday morning after struggling to breath during a night of heavy clashes near his home along the Budaiya highway, where security forces have used tear gas excessively. Al-Mouali said Ahmed died Saturday evening. Report BCHR
49 Ali Ahmed AlQassab, 21, AbuSaiba, Date of death: 15-Dec-2011 He was run over and killed as he fled security forces chasing protesters near Budaiya Highway where protesters were trying to occupy the street. Report BCHR
48 Sajida Faisal, 5 DAYS old, Bilad AlQadeem, Date of death: 11-Dec-2011 She died from teargas suffocation according to her parents. Report BCHR
47 Zahra Saleh 27 years old, Safera/Daih, Date of death: 7-Dec-2011 She was hit with metal rod in head on 18 Nov. The government insists that the protesters were the ones who had hit her and that she had turned to the security forces for protection. My colleague went to the hospital, as well as a member of AlWefaq party, to try to speak to Zahra; both of them were stopped, questioned then turned away by Ministry of Interior employees. Also, in Bahrain, it is highly unlikely for anyone to turn to police for protection, especially someone who was supporting the protest movement as was seen on her facebook page. Report BCHR
46 AbdulNabi Kadhem, 44 years old, Aali, Date of death:23-Nov-2011 On morning of 23 nov 2011, Abdul Nabi Kadhem, was fatally wounded when his car was intentionally hit by fast-moving police vehicle, forcing him to collide with a standing wall of a building. Reports: AP | aljazeera | FT
45 Ali Yousif Baddah, 16 years old, Sitra, Date of Death: 19-Nov-2011 A 16-year-old Bahraini was killed Saturday morning when a police car crashed into him during a protest in the capital Manama. Ali al-Satrawi died at the scene due to injuries sustained after being pinned under the police car before it crashed into a wall. Photos (Graphic) Report: BCHR | DPA
44 Ali Hasan al-Dehi, 70 years old, Daih, Date of Death: 03-Nov-2011 died of his injuries early Thursday after riot police attacked him Wed