Bahrain: 20 Persons Await Verdicts in Charges with Attempt of Murder; while 2 Policemen Acquitted from Murder

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Police arrested 20 people, four of them minors, from Sitra in Bahrain last year on 15th February 2012 following multiple house raids. One of the houses raided was in the village of Mehazza and the other was in the village of Sufala. During the violent house raids there were no arrest warrants presented.The 20 prisoners have been charged with:1. Attempted Murder of two policemen2. Attacking a policeman3. Damaging a Police car and Possession of Molotov CocktailsList of Names and their Ages:1 Ebrahim Abdulla Al-Mualim 442 Khalil Ebrahim Ali 413 Jaffar Abd-Ali Al-Khazaz 354 Nawaf Hashim Fardan 345 Abbas Moh’d Hubail 306 Sayed Haidar Humaidan 297 Jawad Taher Al-Sharqi 288 Sayed Qassim Alawi 249 Sadiq Bu-Hussain 2410 Ali Abdulwahid Al-Makna 2011 Jassim Abdullah Jassim 2212 Ahmed Bu-Hussain 2113 Mohammed Al-Aradi 2714 Mohammed Ahmed Al-Taqi 1915 Ahmed Tahir Eid 1916 Abduallah Al-Khudur 1817 Adel Al-Safi 1718 Sayed Ali Alawi 1619 Ebrahim Ashoor Abdullah 1720 Taqi Mohmmaed Al-Taqi 17The public prosecutor stalled their case as a punishment by detaining them for 45 days. He then renewed the case for another 20 days before their first trial, which was initially set for 25 July 2012.During the trial, Bahrain Center for Human Rights became aware that there has been no tangible evidence convicting the 20 prisoners, adding to the fact that the incident as per a police report happened at 8 PM that day and all were arrested at 9 PM.The verdict will be given on 27th February 2013.Meanwhile today (26th Feb 2012), Bahraini courtrooms, that are being ruled by a culture of impunity and a corrupt judicial system, the high criminal court acquitted 2 security men from the murder of Fadhel Al-Matrook who was killed on 15th February 2011.Ccall on the United States, the United Kingdom, the UN and all other allies and international institutions to put pressure on the Government of Bahrain to:1. Release all political prisoners and drop all trumped up charges against them.2. Hold all those responsible for violations and crimes accountable, including members of the ruling family.3. Reform the judicial system so that it is up to international standards of fair and independent trials./129