8 July 2012 - 07:23

Saudi authorities released some of the detainees who were imprisoned for participating in peaceful protests in Qatif on the evening of Wednesday, July 4, 2012.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The detainees who had spent months in the General Intelligence Prison in Dammam, called for releasing political prisoners, political reform and abolishing sectarian discrimination against Shiites.

The released detainees are:

1- Shah Ali Isa Shokan, from Tarout island in Qatif city.

2- Hussain Ali Abdullah, from Awwamiyah town in Qatif city.

3- Ali Mohammad Mahdi Al Khalfan, from Rebe'yah town in Qatif city.

4- Ali Abdul Hussain Al Rebeh.

5- Montazar Abdul Hussain Al Rebeh.

6- Mohammad Abdul Hussain Al Rebeh.
 
Most of the released detainees were subjected to torture in the General Intelligence Prison in Dammam.

For example, the released detainees" Morad al-Mekhlef" infected of palsy, and transferred to Qatif hospital; "Mosa Ja'far al-Mabyouq" subjected to severe torture; "Sayyid Mohammad Taher al-Shemimi" released with inability to control body movements and lost the ability to talk.

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