Global InformationAdel Flaifel information
Colonel Adel Jassim Flaifel (or Felaifel, or Flaifil) (Arabic: عادل فليفل) is a former colonel in the State Security and Intelligence Service of Bahrain. He is accused of committing, or overseeing, acts of physical and psychological torture on Bahraini citizens from 1980s until 1997.[1] He was released from his duties in December 2002 due to protests and pressures from human rights organizations worldwide. In March 2000, King Hamad awarded Flaifel with the Order of Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (Third Class).[2]
Flaifel has never been charged with any crime. In the Royal Decree 56 of 2002, an edict issued by King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah granted amnesty to human rights abuses committed by security officers prior to 2001. Torture allegations against Flaifel have been documented by the international human rights organizations,[3] Human Rights Watch,[1] and Amnesty International.[4] Protests have been held regularly in Bahrain since 2002 demanding prosecution of Flaifel for carrying out torture.[5][6]
Flaifel has been accused of carrying out torture along with former Bahrain State Security chief Ian Henderson.[7]
In November 2002, 8 Bahraini torture victims lodged complaints against Flaifel with Directorate of Public Prosecutions, however no charges have been taken against him by the government of Bahrain.[8]
- ^ a b Bahrain: Investigate Torture Claims Against Ex-Officer, Human Rights Watch, 17 Dec 2002
- ^ "Amiri Decree No 11 of the Year 2000 on the Granting of Medals". Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. 15 March 2000. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
- ^ Silverman, Jon (16 April 2003). "Is the UK facing up to Bahrain's past?". BBC News Online. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
Pro-democracy unrest was ruthlessly suppressed in Bahrain and allegations of brutality were made against both Colonel Henderson and his deputy, Adel Felaifel. According to organisations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty, the methods used to cow anti-government activists included beatings, sexual abuse and the ransacking of whole villages.
- ^ Bahrain: Amnesty International concerned that new legislation allows impunity for human rights offences Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, Amnesty International, 29 Nov 2002
- ^ "Bahrainis demand trial of police 'torturer'". BBC News Online. 24 November 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
The protestors accuse Colonel Adel Flaifel, a former senior official at the interior ministry, of torturing many Bahrainis during political unrest in the 1980s and 1990s.
- ^ "Protesters remember martyrs on Bahrain's national day". Associated Press. 17 December 2002.
The protesters also denounced Col. Adel Jassim Flaifil, a former aide to Ian Henderson
- ^ Mackay, Neil (21 November 1999). "Victims identify Scots colonel as Bahrain torturer". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
My first experience of Henderson took place in 1982 when I was hanged like a chicken at the office of Adel Flaifel, one of Henderson's henchmen.
- ^ "Reparation for Torture: A Survey of Law and Practice in 30 Selected Countries: Bahrain Country Report" (PDF). Redress Trust. May 2003. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
in November 2002, 8 torture victims lodged complaints relating to their treatment with the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for an effective investigation, and requesting that charges be laid against one of the alleged perpetrators, Adel Felaifel, who was already being investigated on relation to fraud and embezzlement charges.