More than 30 protesters including 5 women have been arrested either from the streets or after raids on their houses without any arrest warrant in Manama, capital city of Bahrain.
There are several reports of violence against women, among them a direct injury on foot after police aimed a sound grenade on a foot of a women. Such acts are not alien to the police forces of Bahrain.
Human Rights Defender Zainab Al-Khawaja who is still in prison was severely injured and got her leg broken after police shot a teargas canister to her foot while protesting.
Police sprayed pepper spray on face and eyes of Ma’asooma Alsayed while arresting her. She disclosed her condition in a telephonic call from the police station she was still feeling pain and heat in her eyes because of intensity of pepper spray, and she was feeling pain in her hands. She also said during a phone call that she saw another arrested protester Ali Alekri in a pitiful condition and his clothes were torn from frequent beatings.
At least 29 arrested protesters (men and women) were presented to the public prosecution on Sunday and received detention orders of one month pending investigation for most of them while Ma’asooma Alsayed received a one week detention pending investigation.
Bahrain center for human rights strongly condemned the government’s fierce crackdown on whoever exercises freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and the attack on women and activists for exposing the crimes committed in Bahrain by the authorities.
“We immediately demand the release of all detained activists and protesters, putting an end for the use of violence against peaceful protesters and allowing Bahrainis their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly,” it said.
There are several reports of violence against women, among them a direct injury on foot after police aimed a sound grenade on a foot of a women. Such acts are not alien to the police forces of Bahrain.
Human Rights Defender Zainab Al-Khawaja who is still in prison was severely injured and got her leg broken after police shot a teargas canister to her foot while protesting.
Police sprayed pepper spray on face and eyes of Ma’asooma Alsayed while arresting her. She disclosed her condition in a telephonic call from the police station she was still feeling pain and heat in her eyes because of intensity of pepper spray, and she was feeling pain in her hands. She also said during a phone call that she saw another arrested protester Ali Alekri in a pitiful condition and his clothes were torn from frequent beatings.
At least 29 arrested protesters (men and women) were presented to the public prosecution on Sunday and received detention orders of one month pending investigation for most of them while Ma’asooma Alsayed received a one week detention pending investigation.
Bahrain center for human rights strongly condemned the government’s fierce crackdown on whoever exercises freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and the attack on women and activists for exposing the crimes committed in Bahrain by the authorities.
“We immediately demand the release of all detained activists and protesters, putting an end for the use of violence against peaceful protesters and allowing Bahrainis their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly,” it said.
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