Second Annual Report of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) 2014 - Kingdom of Bahrain 14. NIHR indicates that communication with the outside world by the detainees should not be restricted to communication with family or counsel for defense. In fact, it extends to enabling the detainee to attend the funeral or mourning ceremony in the event of the death of his ascendants, descendants, spouse or relatives to the second degree in line with the social norms and traditions prevailing in the Kingdom. 15. With regard to the publishing of the photographs and names of the persons accused of a certain offense before a final court ruling is issued. NIHR confirmed that the competent authorities should adhere to the provisions of the Constitution, particularly Paragraph “c” of Article 20, which stipulates that “An accused person is innocent until proved guilty in a legal trial in which he is assured of the necessary guarantees to exercise the right of defense at all stages of the investigation and trial in accordance with the law”. 16. NIHR considered that such publication does not comply with Paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which stipulates that: “Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense”. Paragraph 2 of Article 14 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights stipulates that “Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law”. Stressing the principle of presumption of innocence, which impairs the human dignity of the accused. 17. With regard to the death of the detainee at Jow Reform and Rehabilitation Center, NIHR released a statement in which it expressed its sorrow and condolences to the family of the deceased. NIHR asked to take all necessary action to expedite the completion of immediate and serious investigations to identify the full reasons for the death, inform the public of these reasons, and refer any person proved liable to fair trial. At the same time, NIRH stressed the need for enforcing strict controls that organize handling inmates in all circumstances in order to determine the responsibility of the security command for the actions of its subordinates and prevent the recurrence of such tragic incidents in the future. NIHR is closely following the course of the trial, to which was presented the defendants for the death of the prisoner, where the case is still pending before the courts71. 18. In the same context, NIHR representatives attended a number of hearings related to the security events that had a public resonance. This includes attending the trial hearings of the accused in the case known as “Dry Dock riot events”, which dates back to 2013. NIHR had visited the remand center in the dry dock following the posts published on the social networks. These posts indicated that at dawn, on Friday, August 16th, 2013, a group of detainees on provisional basis created chaos and riots in one of the “wards” and the detainees were assaulted by beating and ill-treatment72. 19. NIHR continued to attend the court hearings in the incident referred to above up to the hearing in which the decision was pronounced on September 24, 2014. The third Criminal High Court sentenced the 19 accused persons to imprisonment for three years and instructed them jointly to pay the amount of BHD 600 in compensation for the damage caused to the Ministry of the Interior after they were convicted for causing riot in the Dry Dock jail. It should be noted that NIHR expressed its willingness before the court to provide its information about the incident 71 To view the full statements of NIHR, visit NIHR website: www.nihr.org.bh 72 For further information, refer to NIHR First Annual Report for 2013, p. 23. 56