BCHR | Bahrain: 20 Persons from Sitra Await Verdicts Tomorrow Charged
 

27-02-13 12:09 AM

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Photo : A solidarity protest with the 20 Prisoners
Date: 26th Feb 2013
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its deep concern about the continuous use of the judicial system as a tool to silence dissidents and activists.
The BCHR documented a case concerning 20 people, four of them minors, from Sitra in Bahrain who were arrested last year on 15th February 2012. Police arrested them from two houses 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 policemen
2. Attacking a policeman
3. Damaging a Police car and Possession of Molotov Cocktails
List of Names and their Ages:
1 Ebrahim Abdulla Al-Mualim 44
2 Khalil Ebrahim Ali 41
3 Jaffar Abd-Ali Al-Khazaz 35
4 Nawaf Hashim Fardan 34
5 Abbas Moh’d Hubail 30
6 Sayed Haidar Humaidan 29
7 Jawad Taher Al-Sharqi 28
8 Sayed Qassim Alawi 24
9 Sadiq Bu-Hussain 24
10 Ali Abdulwahid Al-Makna 20
11 Jassim Abdullah Jassim 22
12 Ahmed Bu-Hussain 21
13 Mohammed Al-Aradi 27
14 Mohammed Ahmed Al-Taqi 19
15 Ahmed Tahir Eid 19
16 Abduallah Al-Khudur 18
17 Adel Al-Safi 17
18 Sayed Ali Alawi 16
19 Ebrahim Ashoor Abdullah 17
20 Taqi Mohmmaed Al-Taqi 17
The public prosecuter 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, BCHR 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.


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Photo : Shotgun wounds in the back of Fadhel Al-Matrook
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.
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights calls 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.


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