Mohamed's situation deteriorated when, shortly after his arrest, in March 2015, members of the riot police stormed into the Jaw Prison following an outbreak of riots and tortured numerous prisoners, including Mohamed who was not only beaten but also subjected to sleep deprivation and extreme temperatures. Severely wounded, Mohamed was allowed to see the prison doctor but was still not presented to a specialist, leaving his multiple sclerosis untreated.

Worried that he may die without appropriate treatment, Mohamed's family, which is allowed to visit him monthly, submitted a complaint to Bahrain's General Secretariat of Grievances on 12 March 2015 and to its National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) on 15 March 2015, but to no avail. Left without remedy at the national level, the family turned to Alkarama and the Bahrian Forum for Human Rights in the hope that their work with the UN human rights mechanisms may lead the Bahraini authorities to grant Mohamed the most basic care for his condition, that is access to a specialist and to medication for his condition.

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