The Public Prosecution in Bahrain decided to release 126 prisoners on parole, in light of protests and fears of an outbreak of the Corona epidemic in the country's prisons.
In a statement made on it on Friday, the Public Prosecution said that 126 prisoners will serve the remainder of their sentences in an "alternative place" or outside prisons, indicating that they will be subject to electronic monitoring.
This comes after international human rights organizations sent a letter to the Human Rights Council in which they said that political prisoners in Bahrain are subjected to violations, including torture, ill-treatment and the absence of adequate health care.
The organizations called on the Bahraini authorities to drop all charges against human rights activists, and to release political prisoners detained without charge or based on accusations they described as null.
#Amal_People: Today the families of detainees in Al-Dair village protested over the regime's policy against the prisoners.
The prisoners of conscience live under harsh conditions as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak in prisons.
- Amal society (@AmalSocietyENG) April 2, 2021
On Friday, Bahrain witnessed widespread protests in separate areas of the country to demand the release of political detainees after the outbreak of the Corona virus in prisons, and the authorities kept secret the conditions of those infected with it, according to opposition sources.
Activists circulated pictures and videos of aspects of those protests, in which the participants raised slogans calling for the speedy release of political detainees.
The families of the detainees, the opposition forces and Bahraini activists called for what they described as the Friday of Prisoners' Anger, expressing their rejection of what they described as the miserable conditions in the country's prisons.
They were audio recordings of political prisoners, through which they called on families and human rights organizations to take urgent action to save them from the threat of the epidemic surrounding the prison.
It is noteworthy that the Jaw Central Prison witnessed protests due to the prison administration's denial of prisoners of communication and forbidden to leave their cells for 24 hours.