Bahraini detainees denied medical care, Saudi persecution continues
Four children from Sitra have been summoned by the torture department. Fadel Khudair, Hussain Mohammad Ali, Majeed Hussain and Ahmed Sheikh Ali Hubail were asked to appear for interrogation about their peaceful activities relating to the political demands of the native Bahrainis.
The wife of a native Bahraini political prisoner on death law has spoken about her husband. She said: My husband Mohammed Ramadhan, sentenced to death has been suffering from pain in his neck and the left side of his face for more than two months. He has made multiple requests for treatment to Jau prison authorities which have been ignored. Today she tweeted more informaion: “My husband Mohammed Ramadhan, who is on death row in Bahrain, told me that the tumour in his neck had increased in size and is causing numbness and pain on the left side of his face.” Women detainees at Isa Town rehabilitation centre have been asking to be transferred to another place of detention after serious skin diseases spread among them. These women prisoners are mostly foreigners and linked to criminal activities. Their rights must be preserved.
Young native Bahraini political prisoner, Fawzi Ahmed Ibrahim has exposed the khalifi lies about providing adequate medical care to the political prisoners. Like many others, he has complained of lack of medical treatment to his various ailments and that he has been in severe pain as a consequence.
Mr Abdul Wahab Hussain, one of the leaders of the revolutionary opposition, who has been behind bars for almost 12 years has appealed to the people to take up the case of the political prisoners seriously. He expressed his fear for them as they continue to be denied proper medical care. Unless they are released some of them may succumb to their illnesses and die.
Khalifi dictators have prevented many native Bahrainis from leaving the country for Iraq to perform their religious duty. Among those banned are: Sayed Majeed Al Mesh’al, the president of the dissolved Scholars Council and Sheikh Maitham Al Salman, president of the Religious Tolerance Centre. As part of its policy of religious persecution of the natives, the khalifi regime has banned visits to the holy shrines in Iraq and Iran without special permits that are often denied when requested.
The khalifis have refused a request by the lawyers of woman political prisoner, Mrs Fadeela Abdul Rasool to release her from incarceration. She was arrested together with her husband, Sayed Radi Al Alawi and brother Sayed Jaffar Al Alawi for sheltering her son who was wanted for his peaceful political activities. The regime adjourned the final decision until 21st September.
The mother of political detainee, Hussain Al Sahlawi has appealed for an immediate medical care to him. He has serious problem in his eye which may lead to permanent loss of sight. He also suffered a broken nose and ailment to his foot. Jau Prison authorities are still refusing to take him for examination or treatment
A call for the unemployed youth to protest was made by Abdulla Hashim, a lawyer who had participated in the protest movement in the past. He was subsequently summoned by the khalifi agents and released after intensive interrogation and threats of persecution if he continued such calls. Further action against him is still possible. The lawyer has nationalist background and his call alarmed the regime as it came from the Sunni sector of the population which has been largely neutralized by the khalifis.
In a message of support, Australian academic and activist, Professor Tim Anderson said: This is a message of solidarity with the people of Bahrain struggling for more than a decade against a regime which has oppressed them and engaged disgracefully against the will of the people of Bahrain with the Israeli entity. I am sure they will prevail just as the Palestinian people will prevail”
The Saudi Specialized Criminal Court (SSC) in Riyadh has issued a prison sentence of eight years against Dr. Rashid Al-Almai, who has been detained since July 2021. The SSC has also sentenced Abdulilah al-Huwaiti, Abdullah Dukhail al-Huwaiti and Osama Khaled to prison terms between 32 and 50 years, and travel bans of the same time length. The SSC also sentenced Muhammad bin Ali Al-Hazmi to 23 years in prison. Furthermore, it issued an 18-year sentence against the famous media activist Mansour_Al-Raqeeba.
The Court of Appeal has tightened the jail sentence imposed earlier on Sheikh Essam Al-Owaid to 27 years. Al-Owaid had completed the earlier sentence in January 2020. Instead of releasing him a new but harsher sentence has been issued. ALQST has received news that the #Saudi authorities arrested engineer Mahmoud Abdul Baqi in November 2021, and Othman Abdulaziz (right) in January 2022. Both arrests appear to be linked to the peaceful expression of their opinions.
Bahrain Freedom Movement
14 September 2022