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UNITED
NATIONS
Economic and Social
Council
Distr.
GENERAL
E/CN.4/2002/77/Add.2
5 March 2002
ENGLISH
Original: FRENCH
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 11 (b)
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF
TORTURE AND DETENTION
REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION
Addendum
Visit to Bahrain*
Executive Summary
A delegation of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention visited Bahrain from
19 to 24 October 2001. It comprised two members of the Group, its Vice-Chairman,
Mr. Louis Joinet, and Mrs. Leïla Zerrougui (Algeria), accompanied by the Group’s secretary.
Throughout its visit, the delegation enjoyed the full cooperation of the Bahraini Government.
The authorities granted it unrestricted access to all prisons and police station holding cells. It
was able to speak freely and without witnesses to prisoners it selected at random.
* The executive summary of this mission report is being circulated in all official languages. The
report itself, originally produced in English and French, is contained in the annex to the
executive summary, and is being circulated in English and Arabic only.
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