Ian Henderson (police officer)
Ian Stuart McWalter Henderson, also known as Ian Stewart McWalter Henderson,
Henderson was born in
After independence, he was deported from Kenya and moved to Bahrain. He was employed as the head of the General Directorate for State Security Investigations in Bahrain for some 30 years, retiring from his position in February 1998.[10] He was accused of complicity in torture during the period of protracted social unrest of 1990s uprising in Bahrain, leading to an investigation by British authorities in 2000.[11] The investigation was concluded in August 2001 and no charges were filed, despite thorough documentation by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch of the torture.[12] He always denied any involvement in torture, despite the release of the documentary "Blind Eye to the Butcher" which contains evidence and interviews with the disfigured torture victims who identify Ian Henderson.[4]
While chief of the Bahrain police, Ian Henderson personally interviewed
Honours
Ian Henderson was honoured by
Ian Henderson's character was played by George Kennedy in the 1990 Korean film Mayumi, portraying his interrogation of Kim Hyon-hui.
Death
Ian Henderson died on 13 April 2013 at the age of 86.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Obituaries: Ian Henderson". The Daily Telegraph. 22 April 2013.
- ^ Merrill, Jamie (10 March 2015). "Government refuses to release details of relationship with authoritarian Bahrain". The Independent. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ Greenwald, Glenn (21 May 2015). "In the Same Week, the U.S. and U.K. Hide Their War Crimes by Invoking "National Security"". The Intercept. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ a b "UK probes Bahrain torture claims". BBC News. 7 January 2000.
- ^ Henderson, Ian; Goodhart, Philip (1958). The Hunt for Kimathi. Hamish Hamilton.
- CIA. 22 September 1993. Archived from the originalon 9 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Second Supplement to the London Gazette". The London Gazette. No. 40287. 24 September 1954. p. 5505.
- ^ a b "Supplement to the London Gazette". The London Gazette. No. 40592. 23 September 1955. p. 5416.
- ^ Henderson & Goodhart 1958, p. 267.
- ^ "New security chief appointed in Bahrain". BBC News. 20 February 1998.
- ^ "United Kingdom: Amnesty International welcomes investigation into Henderson's role in torture in Bahrain". Amnesty International. 7 January 2000.
- ^ "Is the UK facing up to Bahrain's past?". BBC News. 16 April 2003.
- ^ "The Interrogation of Kim Hyun Hee". Far Outliers. 16 October 2005.
- ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette". The London Gazette. No. 49969. 31 December 1984. p. 16.
- ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette". The London Gazette. No. 39863. 26 May 1953. p. 2991.
- ^ "Amiri Decree No 11 of the Year 2000", Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain, 15 March 2000
- ^ "Amiri Decree No 3 of the Year 1983", Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain
- ^ "Amiri Decree No 1 of the Year 1982", Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain, 16 January 1982
External links
- Obituary: Ian Henderson, The Times (29 May 2013)
- Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria, Spink (21 July 2011), pp. 8–10