Protesters demand release of detainee
By GEOFFREY BEW
Published: 26th May 2007
MORE than 50 people staged a protest in Ghufool yesterday, demanding the release of a Bahraini detainee.
They gathered outside the family home of Bahrain Training Institute student Ali Saeed Al Khabbaz, 22, who was arrested last Sunday in Sanabis when security forces tried to break up a demonstration near the house of a political activist.
However, the protesters were told by riot police to disperse, as they had not applied for permission to hold the demonstration.
“He has been missing since he went out to buy food for his grandmother. He was attacked by riot policemen and was taken to hospital suffering from severe injuries,” the family claimed citing witness accounts.
Protesters demand release of detainee
By GEOFFREY BEW
Published: 26th May 2007
MORE than 50 people staged a protest in Ghufool yesterday, demanding the release of a Bahraini detainee.
They gathered outside the family home of Bahrain Training Institute student Ali Saeed Al Khabbaz, 22, who was arrested last Sunday in Sanabis when security forces tried to break up a demonstration near the house of a political activist.
However, the protesters were told by riot police to disperse, as they had not applied for permission to hold the demonstration.
“He has been missing since he went out to buy food for his grandmother. He was attacked by riot policemen and was taken to hospital suffering from severe injuries,” the family claimed citing witness accounts.
Relatives told the GDN the police have refused to let anyone visit him or give them details about the case against him.
The dissolved Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) is following his case and has expressed concern about his well-being.
An Interior Ministry spokesman last night confirmed Mr Al Khabbaz had been detained.
“The man is in custody as he was caught in a riot and his case is now with the Public Prosecution,” he said in a statement.
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