Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), According to human right sources in Al-Ahsa, the Saudi Wahhabi authorities are still holding six Shia residents for the sixth month in the row under the pretext of suspending Ashura banners last December during the ceremonies of Ashura.
All of the six Shias citizens have been in custody since mid-January, in the general prison of Al-Ahsa. Five of these detainees are university students and one government employee. According to family sources, the cases of these six young men were not presented in the court, and there were no clear justifications why they are still in detention.
All the detainees were from the town of Rumaila in Al-Ahsa, which many of its residents have long been the victim of barbaric arrests in the past years.
According to some sources, the young detainees were; Turkey Haider Mohammed Ali (26 years), Hussain Yousif Al-Harbi (23 years), Muntazer Isa Hashim (19 years), Bassam Ali Al-Ali (19 years), Abd al-Khaliq Hussein Hassan (24 years) and Ali Hussein Saleh, Hassan (20 years).
Few of these detainees were arrested in previous occasions during series of arrests, which has reached hundreds of Shiite citizens in Al-Ahsa over participating in religious ceremonies for the past five years.
In addition, the Saudi Wahhabi authorities prevent its Shia citizens in many cities and villages in Al-Ahsa to participate in any celebrations of joy or consolation in any religious events celebrated by Shiites believers throughout the year.
In previous occasions, the Saudi police force in Al-Ahsa attacked several candy distribution points established for the occasions of Ahlulbait. They also launched a campaign to remove the signs from the streets of Rumaila village.
The arrest campaign against Shiite communities in Al-Ahsa is led by the Governor Badr bin Galloway. This includes discriminatory arrests based on religion, and shutting down dozens of Shiite mosques, councils and religious schools.
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