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ARCHIVES *** 2020 Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices: The Bahamas U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, 30 March 2021 www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bahamas/
[accessed 5 July
2021] TORTURE AND OTHER
CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT Individuals
detained in jails complained they were denied access to medical care and food
and were degraded through name-calling and homophobic slurs. PRISON AND DETENTION
CENTER CONDITIONS Conditions at the government’s
only prison, the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS) facility
commonly known as Fox Hill Prison, were harsh due to overcrowding, poor
nutrition, inadequate sanitation, poor ventilation, and inadequate medical
care, although the government initiated some improvements. Conditions at the
Carmichael Road Detention Centre for migrants were adequate for short-term
detention only. Freedom House
Country Report 2018 Edition freedomhouse.org/country/bahamas/freedom-world/2018 [accessed 11 May
2020] F3. IS THERE PROTECTION FROM THE ILLEGITIMATE
USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE AND FREEDOM FROM WAR AND INSURGENCIES? Labor, business,
and professional organizations are generally free from government
interference. Unions have the right to strike, and collective bargaining is
prevalent. AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL From an old article -- URL not available Article was published
sometime prior to 2015 POLICE AND SECURITY
FORCES -
At least one person was killed during the year by the police in disputed
circumstances. There were reports
of ill-treatment and excessive use of force by the police during arrests and
detentions. On 12 October,
Samuel Darling was beaten by several police officers in front of his house
and arbitrarily detained. When his wife, who witnessed the beating and
arrest, went with her eight-year-old son to report the abuse at the nearest
police station, she was arrested and charged with disorder. The family filed a formal complaint and were awaiting the
conclusions of a police investigation at the end of the year. Search … AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL For current
articles:: Search Amnesty
International Website www.amnesty.org/en/search/?q=bahamas+torture&ref=&year=&lang=en&adv=1&sort=relevance [accessed 25 December
2018] ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human
Rights Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61714.htm [accessed 21 January
2013] 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61714.htm [accessed 3 July
2019] TORTURE
AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT – The law
prohibits such practices, but human rights monitors and members of the public
expressed concern over continued instances of police abuse of criminal
suspects. Police officials, while denying systematic or chronic abuses,
acknowledged that police on occasion abused their authority (see section
1.d.). There were no
further developments in the February 2004 case of a 19-year-old detainee from
Grand Bahama Island who claimed police stripped him, handcuffed him to a
tree, and beat him with a metal pipe to extract a confession before charging
him with attempted armed robbery. Freedom House
Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/bahamas [accessed 21 January
2013] LONG URL
ç 2009 Country Reports begin on Page 21 [accessed 11 May
2020] Nongovernmental
organizations have documented the occasional abuse of prisoners and arbitrary
arrest. All
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