Juma’s kin see a ray of hope
Sandeep Singh Grewal
Staff Reporter
The release of the 16 Saudi detainees from the Guantanamo Bay is being seen as a positive development by the family of Bahraini detainee Juma Al Dossary.
Khalid Dossary, the elder brother of Juma told the Tribune yesterday, “We were informed that 16 detainees had returned from Guantanamo Bay. On hearing this news, my mother started to cry and was praying that when will her son be released from the death camp where he has spent almost five years.”
He further said, “ We were happy when Salah Al Blooshi was released in October and were expecting that there would be more releases but that did not happen. We are appealing to the authorities to act and bring our men back along with others whose families are waiting for years now,” said Khalid from Saudi Arabia.
Juma’s kin see a ray of hope
Sandeep Singh Grewal
Staff Reporter
The release of the 16 Saudi detainees from the Guantanamo Bay is being seen as a positive development by the family of Bahraini detainee Juma Al Dossary.
Khalid Dossary, the elder brother of Juma told the Tribune yesterday, “We were informed that 16 detainees had returned from Guantanamo Bay. On hearing this news, my mother started to cry and was praying that when will her son be released from the death camp where he has spent almost five years.”
He further said, “ We were happy when Salah Al Blooshi was released in October and were expecting that there would be more releases but that did not happen. We are appealing to the authorities to act and bring our men back along with others whose families are waiting for years now,” said Khalid from Saudi Arabia.
Juma Al Dossary and Isa Abdullah Al Murbati have been in the detention camp in Cuba . Juma has committed suicide 13 times and has suffered from a range of health problems. Their lawyer Joshua Colangelo Bryan, whose firm is handling the case visited the two men recently at the camp. Joshua said,“Juma cannot believe that his father is no more. He was called out of the cell and informed that his father was no more and then he was sent back to his cell. He did no speak or eat anything after the news was told to him. He is still in pain that he could not see his father before his death and he believes that when he returns his father will be eagerly waiting for him. ”
Several Human Rights organisations like the now dissolved Bahrain Centre of Human Rights, Bahrain Human Rights Society and Amnesty International are continuing their efforts for the release of the two detainees. Earlier, BHRS had filed a case against former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other officials accused of committing crimes in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.
Article from: Bahrain Tribune Newspaper- www.BahrainTribune.com