Three independent UN rights experts called on the Bahraini authorities Thursday to guarantee the rights of inmates after allegations about punitive conditions in Jau prison in the south. They said they had received “worrying allegations” that inmates there had been refused medical attention, as well as regular access to food and drinking water – charges the Bahraini government has denied. “We urge authorities in Bahrain to guarantee safe, healthy and hygienic conditions of detention to every person currently held in Jau prison,” the experts said in a joint statement. They said the authorities …