Government forces attack demonstration for the release of the Leaflet Detainees; one person hospitalized
19 January 2007
Government paramilitary police on Friday afternoon attacked a peaceful demonstration, including women and children, calling for the release of the “Leaflet Detainees”.
The sit-in commenced peacefully near the Bahrain Mall in Sanabis. However, after the sit-in ended, government forces dispersed the demonstrators forcefully, firing rubber bullets and tear gas at the crowd. One man, Ibrahim Habib from Isa Town, was injured and had to be taken to hospital for treatment.
The sit-in was organized by the families of the “Leaflet Detainees”, Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahlawi and Hussain AbdulAziz Al Hebshi. The two prisoners of conscience have been detained by Bahrain authorities since 16 November 2006, on charges of possessing internet-downloaded publications calling for the boycott of the last election, deemed by the government as “subversive literature”. If convicted, they face a prison sentence of upto seven years. For details and background of this case, see BCHR Ref:07010801, Ref: 06120601, and Ref: 06111900.
More photographs from the sit-in are below.
Government forces attack demonstration for the release of the Leaflet Detainees; one person hospitalized
19 January 2007
Government paramilitary police on Friday afternoon attacked a peaceful demonstration, including women and children, calling for the release of the “Leaflet Detainees”.
The sit-in commenced peacefully near the Bahrain Mall in Sanabis. However, after the sit-in ended, government forces dispersed the demonstrators forcefully, firing rubber bullets and tear gas at the crowd. One man, Ibrahim Habib from Isa Town, was injured and had to be taken to hospital for treatment.
The sit-in was organized by the families of the “Leaflet Detainees”, Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahlawi and Hussain AbdulAziz Al Hebshi. The two prisoners of conscience have been detained by Bahrain authorities since 16 November 2006, on charges of possessing internet-downloaded publications calling for the boycott of the last election, deemed by the government as “subversive literature”. If convicted, they face a prison sentence of upto seven years. For details and background of this case, see BCHR Ref:07010801, Ref: 06120601, and Ref: 06111900.
More photographs from the sit-in are below.
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