Bahrain: Tweeting Appalling Conditions at Jaw Prison · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011.
Bahraini netizens are rallying online to draw attention to appalling conditions at the central Jaw Prison, which houses political detainees, among others.
Following the crackdown on Bahrain's February 14, 2011, uprising, hundreds of people were arrested, put on trial and imprisoned for taking part in anti-government protests.
Lawyer Reem Khalaf uses Twitter to share the agony of some of those languishing in prison this summer and the humiliation they are subjected to.
She tweets:
She adds:
المعتقلين في البحرين يتم سجنهم في سجن جو مبنى ٤ حيث ماء الاستحمام يغلي من حرارته و درجة حرارة الجو تفوق ال٥٠ درجة ‎‪#Bahrain‬ ‎‫#سجن_جو
In another tweet, Khalaf notes:
المعتقلين في البحرين يتم سجنهم في سجن جو مبنى ٤ حيث لا يوجد ماء صالح للشرب ‎‪#Bahrain‬ ‎‫#سجن_جو‬
And she continues:
@lawyerreemkhalaf: Those detained in Bahrain are imprisoned in Jaw Prison, where one building has no air-conditioning. The temperature here exceeds 50 degrees Celsius
Sayed Hassan adds:
@WLEXT: At this heat & hot weather remember the mass torture of ‪#Bahrain‬'s Political Prisoners n ‪#JawPrison‬ no AirConditioning ‪#JawPrison_without_AC
For more reactions, check out this hash tag [Ar].
This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011.