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| Another Bahraini rights activist detained |
| 2011-05-10 |
| [Iran Press TV] Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have nabbed another rights activist as the Manama regime continues its brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters. Mahdi A'aya was nabbed in the northern village of Barber on Monday, a week after regime thugs set his house ablaze. Since the beginning of anti-government protests in Bahrain, authorities have nabbed scores of opposition activists, doctors and human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... activists. It is believed that they were jugged because they had "evidence of atrocities committed by the authorities, security forces and riot police" during the crackdown on anti-government protesters. Rights activists say most of the detainees were subject to severe torture. About several anti-government protesters have died under torture while in police custody. In its latest report, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that prominent activist Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja, a Danish citizen, had been tortured beyond recognition by Saudi-backed regime forces warning that all anti-government protesters nabbed by the regime are at "very high risk of torture" or death. According to BCHR, more than 1,000 people, including anti-regime protesters, rights activists, former politicians, senior holy mans and medics have been jugged over the past three months. So far, Manama has sentenced four protesters to death, saying they were involved in the killing of two coppers during street protests. Bahraini authorities have also charged 21 activists, including opposition leaders, with attempting to topple the government. Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again... authorities have cut-off electricity to the eastern island of Sitra and troops surrounded several villages in the region. Since the beginning of protests in Bahrain in mid-February, Manama showed itself capable of great brutality in suppressing anti-regime protesters. Scores of protesters have been killed and many others have been nabbed during Manama's violent crackdown on protesters. Regime forces have also raided dozens of mosques, schools, sacred sites and even graves in persisting efforts to suppress all opposition. |
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