AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Bahrain Mirror
Wednesday

27 April 2016

8:17:37 AM
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Bahrain authorities release Poet detained over participation in opposition speech festival

The Public Prosecution had decided to detain him for 7 days pending investigation.

AhlulBayt News Agency - The head of the monitoring and documentation unit at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Enas Oun said on her personal Twitter account on Monday (April 25, 2015) that the Bahraini authorities released poet Abdulhussein Salman from Nuwaidrat, who was detained on Sunday (April 24, 2016) over taking part in an oratorical festival held on Saturday (April 23, 2016).

Salman joined the festival which took place in Sheikh Ahmad Mosque in the village of Nuwaidrat, where the participants strongly criticized the Bahraini army for issuing a statement, in which it stressed that it stands ready to back the police in confronting protestors.

The Public Prosecution had decided to detain him for 7 days pending investigation.



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