In good news, Dr. Masaud Jahromi, along with Lawyer Mr. Taymoor Karimi, Dr. Maytham AlSalman, Hussain Saleemi, Sayed Mohammed AlMosawi and Sayed AbdulNabi AlMosawi were released on bail today pending their trial.
Arrest and beating of an Indian migrant worker by riot police: youtube.com/watch?v=vRYKy8zyTV0. The ministry of interiors tried to blame it to the protesters later.
Man being brutally kicked by riot police: youtube.com/watch?v=RA6xyf6Dl6M
Mahdi AbuDeeb, Head of the Bahrain Teacher's Society, announced today that he started a hunger strike demanding that charges against him be dropped and that he be released. He was arrested on the 6th of April and is now undergoing a military trial. More details on his case
12 year old boy being arrested, at minute 1:50 he gets hit on the head by riot police youtube.com/watch?v=kWaSakVpE0s
Two sixteen-year-old boys were arrested 3 days ago Kumail Mohammed AlGhadhban and Mohamed Ali Abbas AlAbbas. Both boys were allegedly subjected to torture and are currently in the prison hospital.
Treating injuries at home: youtube.com/watch?v=nlj99RR9YJc protesters are now using razors to cut their skin to remove the pellets lodged inside. Shots in the eye: yfrog.com/kj7hhodj and hotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..
Rubber bullet shots in the back: yfrog.com/h3md1lxj
Ali AlMajed, 32 years old and a US citizen, got arrested in Aali 3 days ago and he is now in the hospital, we are concerned that he may have been beaten/tortured. Ali has been on hunger strike since his arrest demanding to meet with representatives of the US embassy.
Fatima AlBaloushi Minster of Human Rights and Acting minster of health announces permanently hiring those who had been temporarily brought in to replace employees who had been sacked or arrested during the past few months in the ministry of Health. 37 of those being hired have a degree no higher than intermediate (9th grade) or high school diplomas. Copy of the 37 being hired. Source: (Arabic)
Mahdi Sahwan was re arrested after being released a month ago. His house was stormed by security forces at 3am Sunday. He was the chant leader at the Friday rally of Alwefaq and it seems he is arrested again because of some of his anti-government chants. In a protest on sunday demanding the release of Mahdi Sahwan, 16 year old Ali Ebrahim AlHaiki was arrested as you can see in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=oYDjq7yUtu8.
Mahdi Sahwan's arrest comes amongst several other arrests which are starting to take place in a similar fashion of what we saw in mid-March until June; raids on homes at night. We estimate the current number of detainees to be around 400, with nightly arrests and releases.
Jaffar Abbas fell in court Sunday 11 Sep during his hearing due to being on hunger strike yfrog.com/18tttdgj. There are approximately 100 detainees still on hunger strike.
Five students who were expelled from the Bahrain Polytechnic have been summoned to go to the police station Monday 12 Sep morning.
Justin Genglers dissertation on Ethnic Conflict and Political Mobilization in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf which offers very important information and insight into the situation in Bahrain
Breaking people's properties during attacks on villages: youtube.com/watch?v=ulMdYjSk0Fc
Security man kicking an old man for no reason: youtube.com/watch?v=P-fxEbAWFz0
Unfortunately due to statements made by the head of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, Dr. Mahmood Bassiouni, people in Bahrain have now lost trust in the commission. Specially when the king on his last speech at the end of Ramadan used the same words of Bassiouni about the "individual acts" of low rank officials, who are to blame for the sever violations of human rights during the past period, though the final report of the commission is not yet produced. This picture of Bassiouni is one amongst others that are going around on different websites http://twitpic.com/69vmsx. This in no way reflects the views of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, on the contrary, those at the centre have been encouraging people to cooperate with the commission, and to wait for the report to be concluded before reaching any conclusions about it. The sole purpose of sending this picture is to reflect the view of many people in Bahrain.
Important article: Washington Post: Bahrain needs U.S. attention now
Amnesty International: Bahraini health workers released on bail will continue to face military trial
Frontlines blogpost: What kind of people can do a thing like this?
British ambassador: British firms would like to make Bahrain their base; pledging his country's support to Bahrain
Three important dates to watch:
1. 23rd of September: parliament bi-elections (two people have already secured seats due to not having opponents, or opponents withdrawing) and it is also the date being discussed on social networks as the date of "going back to the pearl square".
2. 28th of September: verdict in the appeal of the 21 political and human rights leaders
3. 29th of September: verdict in the case of the doctors and medics.
As received: Urgent appeal for release of female detainee Reem Hilal.
The female prisoner Maryam Mohd Abdulla, 21 years old,from the village of Malkiya is "A" student in Bahrain Institute. On Friday 1 April 2011 around 4pm, Reema, Maryam's cousin, was arrested at a checkpoint and her child Redha was with her. Police found text
messages in her mobile btween her and Maryam. So she was taken with her child to the police station in Hamad Town which made Reda the youngest prisoner in Bahrain. At 8pm Maryam was called by the same police station and was asked to go to them or her house will be attacked if she didn't go.
Maryam went along with her mother who took the child Redha at around 8:30 pm from the police station. Maryam and Reema were forced to stand facing wall from the moment Maryam arrived the station until 5am next day Saturday April, 2. Maryam was too thirsty and asked for water, so female officer took her and showed her the water cooler and said "don't ever think about it".
Two other male officers took over the task of torturing Maryam and hit her with their elbows on her back. They assaulted her & described her as "daughter of pleasure" . She was punched and slapped on face and threatened that Reema will be raped if Maryam didn't accuse Reema's husband of taking them to the protests.
In Isa Town station, Dr Nada Dhaif checked on Maryam in the prison and told them that Maryam was in need for X-ray. Maryam and Reema were released on April 27th and were re-arrested after their appeal on June 22nd. Maryam was sentenced to 3months imprisonment while Reem was sentenced to 6months imprisonment. Maryam has been released few weeks ago after finishing her sentence.
Their Family is saying that they were being held solely because they of text messages , in which case they would both be prisoners of conscience who should be released immediately and unconditionally.
We urge you to take every action in your hand to call for release of Reem and to put an end to the threats on their life, and to guarantee their safety and security to get back to their normal life freely and practice their rights in line with the universal declaration of the Human Rights.
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