Bahrain: Rajab Describes Attack to Amnesty International
Director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab, who was hospitalized after he was severely beaten by security forces, described the attack to Amnesty International: “I fell on the ground but they continued to beat me – they even stamped on me and kicked me. This went on for a few minutes and then a senior officer recognized me and intervened. He asked the others to stop and he helped me. I was taken to Salmaniya hospital, where I was treated for about three hours. I have a lot of bruises on my back and on my face.” Rajab said he intends to file an official complaint regarding the incident. In reference to State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland‘s statement on behalf of Rajab, Josh Rogin writes that the “State Department’s willingness to openly support Rajab is new.”
Meanwhile, Ali al-Ghanami, a 25-year-old Bahraini police officer who joined protesters in Pearl Square on February 17 of last year, was sentenced to more than 12 years in jail.
January 10, 2012
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Category: Bahrain, Featured, Human Rights, Protests, Uncategorized, US foreign policy
I am non-activist, independent.
Please pass the following messanges to the relevants personal:
1- to HE Thomas C. Krajeski, US Ambassador to Bahrain.
Kindly advise your Obama Administration that the rift between the shiite of Bahrain is too to wide and cannot be healed. It has been emphasized that the great majority dismissed this family and those request you kindly to try force such beduin familyon their head. The shiite has been deprived of their rights and lands etc for many years and unable now to endure for any othr period. USA the great force and do not try too show its muscles on poor and armless people.
2-14th February is a revolution of Arab Spring and cannot be repressed. The shiite will not not cease to demonstrate against such family.
All people has detemine to remove them. The committed and still do more that non-one in has the long history has done by anyone. The Shiite are very poor and safe people and nothing to do with Iran or Hizbulla so that please help them to get of such family.
Should the barbarian acts countine they would be forced to go to Iran for help.
It would be mre useful and logic to keep your interests in safe custody with the people not with such oppressors.
Thanks
Nabeel walk and we all with u.
Stop kiling our pepole in bahrain