Bahrain Centre for Human Rights: Welcoming the release of Isa Al Murbati, calling for compensation and care
The BCHR welcomes the return of the last Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Isa Al Murbati, after five years of incarceration
without trial or charges at the US Military facility.
Once again, the BCHR is delighted to see the results of a sustained campaign by local and international activists, American lawyers
representing the Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights: Welcoming the release of Isa Al Murbati, calling for compensation and care
The BCHR welcomes the return of the last Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Isa Al Murbati, after five years of incarceration
without trial or charges at the US Military facility.
Once again, the BCHR is delighted to see the results of a sustained campaign by local and international activists, American lawyers
representing the Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
“This is a happy ending to a long chapter of human rights violations against these men and their families,” BCHR vice president Nabeel
Rajab said.The BCHR calls on the Bahraini government to uphold their responsibility in assisting Mr Al Murbati’s integration into normal
life. We ask the authorities to ensure that he is treated in the way he was released – as a free man – and calls for him to be compensated
for losses incurred during his unlawful detention.
“As much as we are happy at the news of his return, we stress that the government’s work must continue in providing compensation and care for
Isa,” Mr Rajab added.
“We must remember that his family have been living on the generosity of relatives for the last five years while Isa was detained.
“Isa himself was on hunger strike at the prison for more than five months before being brutally force fed to break his protest. This, of
course, has had a negative impact on his health.
“We call on the Bahraini government to fulfill their duties to the Al Murbati family as Bahraini citizens, and to take his health and his family’s wellbeing into their hands.”