(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Jafar al-Hisabi told Press TV in an interview that “Bahrain's ruthless regime” does not want any political activist, and that this was the only reason for his arrest.
He said that while in jail, he and other activists were “severely” tortured by various methods just like in the Middle Ages.
“They kept me in a basement, all alone in a cell, blind-folded. They left me standing for more than 20 days, beating me on my feet, hanging me between two poles and even tried to rape me,” he added.
He said there were 25 people around him all subjected to the same treatment.
Since the Saudi forces have entered Bahrain, “I am very afraid of my people” because they are being beaten, kicked, and shot at.
Al-Hisabi also noted that the Saudi snipers had killed a nurse in a village near the Bahraini capital, Manama, on Thursday.
At least seven Bahraini opposition leaders have been arrested in recent days amid the severe crackdown taking place to bring the situation under control.
Led by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain's fellow members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council, which groups Bahrain's Arab neighbors, have dispatched armed forces to the Persian Gulf island to assist the crackdown on the anti-government uprising.
More than 12 people have been killed and about 1,000 injured during the anti-government protests in troubled Bahrain, inspired by the recent revolutions and uprisings across the Arab world.
Human Rights Watch, UN Human Rights, Amnesty International and other rights organizations have strongly condemned the military intervention and have called the action shocking and illegal.
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