Anniversary of Bahrain’s Revolution marked, Saudis issue death sentences
Eyebrows were raised by the defenders of the khalifi dictators in Washington, London and Tel Aviv after the people of Bahraini displayed massive show of revolutionary zeal to mark the 11th anniversary of their Revolution. Monday became a remarkable day when activities linked to the occasion swept through the country. The residents of Duraz, Bani Jamra, Al Markh, Abu Saiba, Shakhoura, Sanabis, Al Daih, Karzakkan, Nuwaidrat, Ma’mair. Sitra and other place defied the regime’s ban and lined up the public roads raising the slogans of the 14th February Revolution. These include: People want regime change, We will not forget our political prisoners and leaders. The social media were inundated with details of these protests despite the regime’s attack on civil liberties. People were beaten, detained and pursued in the narrow alleyways in desperate attempts to forestall the pro-democracy activities. Pre-emptive detentions led to the arrest of scores of youths from many towns and villages. For the first time in four years, an elderly woman was also detained.
In the past few days the regime sought to pre-empt the Revolution anniversary through mass arrests. Three natives were detained from Sanabis: Ali Ramadan, Jihad Al Sabe’ and Ammar Al Nasheet. From Sitra those arrested include: Haidar Ali Nasser and Sayed Hussain Jawad. Three were detained from the town of Al Daih: Hussain Mohammad Eid, Hassan Fu’ad and Hussain Hani. Jaffar Mohammad Hassan was arrested from Al Ekr town. From Karzakkan Ahmad Abbas Ali Abbas was arrested. Hussain Mohammad Hassan Al Mutawwa’ was also detained. From Ma’amir town Hisham Abdul Hassan Ashoor was detained after being summoned by the torture officials at the khalifi-run prosecution service. From Jidhafs Karrar Abdul Nabi was arrested.
The khalifi dictators have broken one more moral boundary by arresting a native Bahraini woman on political grounds. Yesterday, Fadeela Abdul Rasool, 52, a grandmother was detained with her husband, Sayed Radhi Ali Moosa, 56 and his brother Sayed Jaffar Ali Moosa, 59. They were accused of sheltering a young relative who is wanted by the torturers.
The four young natives from Samaheej Town who have spent months behind bars have had their detention extended until 28th February while the khalifis decide their fate. Two are underaged, Hassan Mubarak, 15 and Yousuf Yasser, 17. The other two are; Jassim Mohammad, 18 and Salman Ali, 19. These detentions came as the news that the notorious Jau Prison has become infested with Covid-19. At least 67 political prisoners have been infected and banned from communicating with their families even by phone. Among those infected with Covid-19 is Ali Mohammad Reda from Abu Quwwa town and Sadiq Hassan Jawad Al Mokhowdar.
On the 11th anniversary of Bahrain’s Revolution, Reprieve, which opposes capital punishment issued a statement calling for a moratorium on executions in Bahrain. It said: The number of people facing execution in Bahrain has increased by 2500% over the past decade, since that uprising in 2011. Maher Abbas al-Khabbaz is one of the people facing execution. In February 2013, Maher was arrested, detained and tortured – including being denied access to food and water. A year later, he was sentenced to death. The UK shares responsibility for what happens to him. It urged people to sign a petition to save their lives.
Abdulrahman al-Dowaish, son of the missing preacher Sulaiman al-Dowaish, has been sentenced by Saudi authorities to two years in prison for enquiring about the fate of his father. On 3 February 2022 the Court of Appeal upheld the sentence, which was originally handed down unannounced, by the Criminal Court on 9 December 2021.
As ALQST has previously reported that Abdulrahman was arrested after sending a text message to Badr al-Asaker, director of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s private office, to ask for information about his father Sulaiman, who has been forcibly disappeared by the authorities since 2016. Abdurrahman was arrested on 18 October 2021.
The Saudi Quran reader, Abdul Majeed Al-Arkani, was arrested last year and remains incommunicado. This follows his contact with a Turkish academic at a conference held by the Muslim World League in the Kingdom. Since the arrest of Al-Akrani, no news has been heard about him. Private sources reported that he was beaten and tortured during the interrogation sessions about his relationship with a Turkish figure, Yassin Aktay, to whom Al-Arkani sent a greeting message.
A young Saudi national has been had his death sentence confirmed by the Appeal court. The fate of Aqeel Al Faraj fate hinges on the forthcoming decision of the high court. Two young Bahrainis will hear next week the decision of the appeal court. Sadiq Thamer and Jaffar Sultan were arrested seven years ago from the Bahraini-Saudi causeway and falsely accused of planning sabotage activities.
Bahrain Freedom Movement
16th February 2022