Dr. Saeed AlSamaheeji
09 August 2011
Bassiouni explains his comments and gives more details about the commission’s work to Alwasatnews (Arabic)
Two police men are being charged with involuntary manslaughter for the cases of Ali AlMoamen and Isa AbdulHassan:
a. Original information that was sent on the day of AlMoamen’s death: “I just received a phone call from Maryam and she gave me word for word information as to what it is she wants you to know. This attached file is a copy of Ali Ahmed Abdulha Ali’s death certificate. This young man passed away the evening of Feb 17th. Maryam was there when they tried to resuscitate him. He’s 22 years old.
Dr. Saeed AlSamaheeji
09 August 2011
Bassiouni explains his comments and gives more details about the commission’s work to Alwasatnews (Arabic)
Two police men are being charged with involuntary manslaughter for the cases of Ali AlMoamen and Isa AbdulHassan:
a. Original information that was sent on the day of AlMoamen’s death: “I just received a phone call from Maryam and she gave me word for word information as to what it is she wants you to know. This attached file is a copy of Ali Ahmed Abdulha Ali’s death certificate. This young man passed away the evening of Feb 17th. Maryam was there when they tried to resuscitate him. He’s 22 years old. As shown on the death certificate, he died due to extensive bleeding. The doctor told Maryam that a foreign plastic object was found in his body. They think this foreign object might be a rubber coated bullet. He had shrapnel in his body as well. He was one of the brave young men who got out of the roundabout safely when the attack first happened but then went back when he realized there were women and children still inside. Maryam told me that she might receive four more death certificates soon.”
b. Copy of Ali Almoamen cause of death
c. Graphic pictures of both victims are here:
Isa AbdulHassan and another photo
Ali AlMoamen
d.Eye witness: M.H
Testimony taken on: 2nd March 2011
Eye witness account to death of Isa AbdulHassan.
On Thursday 17th February, after I managed to run away from the roundabout after the riot police attacked us I took my car and went to Salmaniya hospital. At 8 am I went back in my car toward the roundabout when I got stuck in the traffic and the cars were not moving easily. The street was covered and closed by the riot police. After a while a group of people most of them youth were heading to the roundabout with ambulances to help them get through to reach the injured people, an old man and a young man were a bit ahead of this group going toward the riot police. The riot police started shooting sound bombs, rubber bullets, bird shotgun and teargas, and the young guy was attacked by the riot police. The old man tried to help him but one of the riot police who seemed to be the in charge officer, I assumed this because he wasn’t wearing a helmet and his dress was a bit different from others, stepped ahead and shot the old man from a less than 1 meter distance and the old man fall down. I’m not sure if the old man passed away from the first shot or they shot him again because when he fell on the ground I couldn’t see him.
e. Video testimony of another witness (Arabic) youtube.com/watch?v=bT_WN79melc
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The arrested minors mentioned here were released.
Amnesty International puts out a statement on the released politicians and human rights lawyer.
Families of those killed since February 14th uprising, as well as families of injured staged a protest 09 August 2011 at the BICI office demanding to speak to Mr. Bassiouni about his statements. They were given 10 minutes to leave by a plain clothed officer, but left after being promised a meeting at a later time with the commission.
Later the same day, expelled students also staged a protest at the BICI headquarters for a short time then left. Numerous people are now telling the BCHR that they are not willing to speak to the commission any more, some mentioning that the reason is because of Bassiouni’s statements.
Dr. Saeed AlSamaheeji, a detained eye doctor, has been transferred to the ICU in Salmaniya hospital. He has aneurismal brain disease which ruptured due to high blood pressure (reached 210 systolic). It resulted in subdural hemorrhage which requires surgery by clipping (microsurgery) within 24hrs. The doctors who can do the surgery are suspended or on trial in Bahrain. His family was only allowed in for a few minutes after some of them started crying when they were denied visitation. Security told them if they wanted to see him again they must get visiting permission. He is put under heavy security at the hospital. His family believes that his condition is due to torture and ill treatment.
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