Special Security Force Command

Special Security Forces Command
قيادة قوة الأمن الخاصة
Agency overview
Formed 1930
Jurisdiction Government of Bahrain
Headquarters Diwan Fort, Manama
26°13′22.47″N 50°34′33.8″E / 26.2229083°N 50.576056°E / 26.2229083; 50.576056
Motto Special Security Forces, Always Forward!
Agency executive
  • Brigadier General Abdullah Al-Zayed, Commander of Special Security Forces
Parent department Ministry of Interior
Website http://www.interior.gov.bh/default_en.aspx

The Special Security Force Command (Arabic: قيادة قوة الأمن الخاصة‎) is a paramilitary law enforcement body in Bahrain under the command of the Ministry of the Interior. The SSFC is more commonly referred to as the "Special Security Forces", the "Special Forces", "Bahrain Special Security Forces (BSSF) or as the "riot police" (Arabic: الشغب‎).

Accusations

The Special Security Forces have been accused of human rights abuses, in trying to suppress pro-democratic activity in Bahrain. The SSFC has been at the front line of the Bahrain government's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters during the Bahraini uprising in the Arab Spring.[1]

In November 2007, Bahrain signed a cooperation agreement with France under which French police officers working in the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité have provided training to Bahrain's SSFC.[2] A company of the SSFC were deployed to Afghanistan to provide base security at the United States's Camp Leatherneck.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Brutal crackdown on demonstrators in Bahrain". Front Line (NGO). Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Torture Redux". Human Rights Watch. 8 February 2010. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Bahrain troops to lead Afghan special forces". Gulf Daily News. 24 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "State Department cables detail U.S. links to Bahrain". The Washington Post. 22 February 2011.


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