‘Bahrain must work to reintegrate freed inmate’
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08/13/2007 06:42 PM | By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief
Manama: A rights activist on Sunday pledged to continue the campaign to have the Guantanamo Bay prison shut down.
“For the sake of human rights and dignity, the infamous prison has to be shut down and all prisoners must be allowed to go home,” Nabeel Rajab, Vice-President of the now-dissolved Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, told Gulf News.
“The world needs to see, without further delays, a happy ending to a long chapter of human rights violations against these men and their families, and we will continue to assume our role towards the goal, even though there are no more Bahrainis held there.”
‘Bahrain must work to reintegrate freed inmate’
http://archive.gulfnews.com/region/Bahrain/10146102.html
08/13/2007 06:42 PM | By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief
Manama: A rights activist on Sunday pledged to continue the campaign to have the Guantanamo Bay prison shut down.
“For the sake of human rights and dignity, the infamous prison has to be shut down and all prisoners must be allowed to go home,” Nabeel Rajab, Vice-President of the now-dissolved Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, told Gulf News.
“The world needs to see, without further delays, a happy ending to a long chapter of human rights violations against these men and their families, and we will continue to assume our role towards the goal, even though there are no more Bahrainis held there.”
Eisa Al Murbati, the last of the six Bahrainis held in the US-run detention camp, returned home last week.
Rajab, whose role in the return of Al Murbati was recognised at a public gathering celebrating the release, said there was a need to ensure full reintegration of the former inmate.
“The centre is delighted to see the results of a sustained campaign by local and international activists, and American lawyers representing the Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay. We welcome the return of the last Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Bay after five years of incarceration without trial or charges at the US military facility,” Rajab said.
Compensation
“But we now call on the Bahraini government to uphold their responsibility in assisting Al Murbati’s integration into normal life. We ask the authorities to ensure that he is treated … as a free man, and call for him to be compensated for losses incurred during his unlawful detention.
“The government’s work must continue in providing compensation and care for [him]. We must remember that his family has lived on the generosity of relatives … while he was detained.”
Ex-detainee to spend Ramadan with family
Eisa Juma, the former Bahraini detainee who became a symbol of desperation over years of legal limbo in US captivity, will spend Ramadan with his family, his cousin told Gulf News.
“Juma is now at a farm in Riyadh but will spend the holy month with his family in Dammam in the Eastern Province. He will go back to the farm afterwards but will rejoin the family after three or four months,” Ahmad Al Dossary said.
“The Saudi authorities will help him get a job,” he said.