Bahrain authorities continue to target pro-democracy women with arbitr
 

08-08-12 11:40 PM

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A recent picture of Bahrain MOI masked thugs at a checkpoint.
8 August , 2012
Bahrain authorities continue its repression campaigns against the participants of the democracy and freedom movement for more than 16 months. BCHR has documented numerous of violations against women by security forces in Bahrain and most recently is the arrest of Fakhreya Ahmed and Layla Issa Radhi who got arrested from a checkpoint.
The details of Fakhreya Ahmed Arrest and accusing her with possessing explosives and conniving the wanted:
Fakhreya Ahmed is the aunt of the martyr Ahmed Ismail, who was killed by security forces on 31 March,2012 with live bullet. Riot police have raided her house on 3rd June,2012 on the impact of false and malicious news stating that Fakhreya is conniving wanted young men in her house, which was besieged and not allowing anyone to approach it, raided and broke to doors without showing a searching warrant.

After raiding the house and not finding any of the presumed wanted, riot police arrested everyone except the children and the Fakhreya's 40 days old baby. Moreover, the house remained besieged for two days, no one was allowed to get in or out of the house. The MOI has remained silent and did not stated anything about raiding the house and arresting the family.[1]

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