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الشرطة البحرينية تطلق القنابل المسيلة للدموع على سجناء .
أطلقت الشرطة البحرينية قنابل مسيلة للدموع على ناشطين فى السجن مضربين عن الطعام، حسب ما أعلن ناشط، مضيفًا أن أحد زعماء المعارضة نقل إلى المستشفى الثلاثاء.
ومن ناحيتها، ذكرت وزارة الداخلية فى بيان بثته وكالة الأنباء الرسمية، أن السلطات اتخذت جميع الإجراءات الشرعية لمعالجة مثل هذه الحالات.
أما محمد المسقطى، رئيس قسم البحرين فى جمعية شباب البحرين لحقوق الإنسان، فقال لوكالة فرانس برس، إن شرطة مكافحة الشغب "أطلقت قنابل مسيلة للدموع على سجناء مضربين عن الطعام فى إحدى الزنزانات"، لكنه لم يتحدث عن سقوط ضحايا.
وعلى خط مواز، نقل الناشط عبد الهادى الخواجه وهو أحد زعماء المعارضة الـ13 المضربين عن الطعام "إلى المستشفى الثلاثاء".
وحسب بيان وزارة الداخلية، فإن "جميع السجناء تلقوا الإسعافات الطبية اللازمة وان فريقا من الأطباء موجود بشكل دائم ليلاً ونهاراً لتقديم الإسعافات الضرورية"، وأضاف "لم يسجل أية حالة مرضية بسبب الإضراب".
وحسب المسقطي، فان حوالى 150 سجيناً انضموا إلى الإضراب عن الطعام كان بدأ مساء الأحد. وأضاف انه هو أيضا مضرب عن الطعام، بالإضافة إلى خمسة ناشطين من جمعية شباب البحرين لحقوق الإنسان ليسوا فى الاعتقال.
ومن بين الناشطين الـ14 المسجونين هناك عدد من قادة المعارضة اتهموا العام الماضى بمحاولة الإطاحة بنظام العائلة الحاكمة، آل خليفة، بعد أن قمعت قوات الأمن شهراً من الاحتجاجات الشعبية التى كانت تطالب بإصلاحات ديمقراطية.
وأوقعت حركة القمع 35 قتيلاً بينهم خمسة من عناصر قوات الأمن كما تعرض خمسة معتقلين للتعذيب حتى الموت، حسب نتائج لجنة تحقيق أمر بتشكيلها الملك حمد.
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فانكوفر: إعتقال الكندي ناصر الرس في البحرين وقلق شديد على صحته.
أطلقت الشرطة البحرينية قنابل مسيلة للدموع على ناشطين فى السجن مضربين عن الطعام، حسب ما أعلن ناشط، مضيفًا أن أحد زعماء المعارضة نقل إلى المستشفى الثلاثاء.
ومن ناحيتها، ذكرت وزارة الداخلية فى بيان بثته وكالة الأنباء الرسمية، أن السلطات اتخذت جميع الإجراءات الشرعية لمعالجة مثل هذه الحالات.
أما محمد المسقطى، رئيس قسم البحرين فى جمعية شباب البحرين لحقوق الإنسان، فقال لوكالة فرانس برس، إن شرطة مكافحة الشغب "أطلقت قنابل مسيلة للدموع على سجناء مضربين عن الطعام فى إحدى الزنزانات"، لكنه لم يتحدث عن سقوط ضحايا.
وعلى خط مواز، نقل الناشط عبد الهادى الخواجه وهو أحد زعماء المعارضة الـ13 المضربين عن الطعام "إلى المستشفى الثلاثاء".
وحسب بيان وزارة الداخلية، فإن "جميع السجناء تلقوا الإسعافات الطبية اللازمة وان فريقا من الأطباء موجود بشكل دائم ليلاً ونهاراً لتقديم الإسعافات الضرورية"، وأضاف "لم يسجل أية حالة مرضية بسبب الإضراب".
وحسب المسقطي، فان حوالى 150 سجيناً انضموا إلى الإضراب عن الطعام كان بدأ مساء الأحد. وأضاف انه هو أيضا مضرب عن الطعام، بالإضافة إلى خمسة ناشطين من جمعية شباب البحرين لحقوق الإنسان ليسوا فى الاعتقال.
ومن بين الناشطين الـ14 المسجونين هناك عدد من قادة المعارضة اتهموا العام الماضى بمحاولة الإطاحة بنظام العائلة الحاكمة، آل خليفة، بعد أن قمعت قوات الأمن شهراً من الاحتجاجات الشعبية التى كانت تطالب بإصلاحات ديمقراطية.
وأوقعت حركة القمع 35 قتيلاً بينهم خمسة من عناصر قوات الأمن كما تعرض خمسة معتقلين للتعذيب حتى الموت، حسب نتائج لجنة تحقيق أمر بتشكيلها الملك حمد.
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فانكوفر: إعتقال الكندي ناصر الرس في البحرين وقلق شديد على صحته.
Ottawa man arrested in Bahrain, fiancee says
By Natalie Stechyson, Postmedia News February 1, 2012
OTTAWA — An Ottawa man who had been in hiding in Bahrain has been arrested, his fiancee says.
Naser Al-Raas, a Kuwait-born Canadian citizen, has been in hiding in Bahrain since losing an appeal of his conviction for breaking the country's illegal-assembly laws after taking part in pro-democracy protests.
Al-Raas, who says he has been tortured by authorities in Bahrain in the past, said last week he was afraid he would be arrested if he showed his face in public.
Al-Raas was arrested Wednesday after his first court hearing of the case reconsideration, his fiancee, Zainab Ahmed, told Postmedia News in an email. The case has been postponed until Feb. 16, and the court decided at noon local time to put him in prison, Ahmed said.
"I am afraid that they will torture him again. There are still some people (who) are being tortured severely. I can't imagine Naser spending one day there," Ahmed said.
"Naser's medication has ended and he doesn't have any with him in prison. I am so afraid over his health."
Al-Raas has an underlying heart condition called chronic pulmonary embolus, according to a report from his doctor. Dr. Fraser Rubens of the Ottawa Heart Institute stressed that Al-Raas should not be incarcerated, adding it would put the man's health in jeopardy.
Al-Raas has been sent to Jaw prison, according to the "Free Naser" Facebook page.
"Naser should be free right now," his fiancee said.
"The Canadian government has to ask the Bahraini government . . . today to release him NOW. He should not spend the day in prison, especially (because) this is one of the worst prisons here in Bahrain."
Al-Raas was sentenced in late October last year, along with 12 others for having links to demonstrations.
Bahrain's Third Superior Court last week upheld Al-Raas' five-year prison sentence.
Diane Ablonczy, minister of state for foreign affairs, said last week she was "extremely disappointed" to hear of the prison sentence imposed on Al-Raas and that she was following up with officials in Bahrain on the matter.
Al-Raas says his ordeal in Bahrain began when he was visiting his five sisters there last March. Al-Raas was working as an IT specialist in Kuwait at the time.
He made a three-week trip to Bahrain to ensure they were safe amid the fervour of the Arab Spring uprising that broke out in February.
But as he was leaving country, Al-Raas said four policemen in civilian clothes ambushed him in the airport. He said he was blindfolded and taken to an underground prison cell where he was held hostage and tortured for a month.
He said the torture ranged from beatings with a rubber hose to being forced to stand for hours at a time. He was beaten if he tried to sleep, he said.
"The main thing that was going through my head was, 'How will I survive?'" Al-Raas said in a previous interview with Postmedia News. "I saw death many times."
His chest, scarred from two open-heart surgeries he underwent in Ottawa, became the main target for their blows, he said.
Al-Raas said that when he was released a month later he desperately tried to get his Canadian passport, which was seized during his arrest, returned to him.
Although Al-Raas was born in Kuwait, he does not hold citizenship or a passport from that country.
On June 7, 2011, he said, security officials told him he could come get his passport; instead he was arrested, beaten, and charged with kidnapping a Bahraini police officer.
He denied the accusations and was taken to military court, where he was acquitted of all charges.
But in October he was arrested again, along with 12 others, for charges relating to participating in anti-government demonstrations.
Al-Raas said he was not participating in the protests, but was simply observing as he walked through the crowds to get to his sister's home.
http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=6083877
By Natalie Stechyson, Postmedia News February 1, 2012
OTTAWA — An Ottawa man who had been in hiding in Bahrain has been arrested, his fiancee says.
Naser Al-Raas, a Kuwait-born Canadian citizen, has been in hiding in Bahrain since losing an appeal of his conviction for breaking the country's illegal-assembly laws after taking part in pro-democracy protests.
Al-Raas, who says he has been tortured by authorities in Bahrain in the past, said last week he was afraid he would be arrested if he showed his face in public.
Al-Raas was arrested Wednesday after his first court hearing of the case reconsideration, his fiancee, Zainab Ahmed, told Postmedia News in an email. The case has been postponed until Feb. 16, and the court decided at noon local time to put him in prison, Ahmed said.
"I am afraid that they will torture him again. There are still some people (who) are being tortured severely. I can't imagine Naser spending one day there," Ahmed said.
"Naser's medication has ended and he doesn't have any with him in prison. I am so afraid over his health."
Al-Raas has an underlying heart condition called chronic pulmonary embolus, according to a report from his doctor. Dr. Fraser Rubens of the Ottawa Heart Institute stressed that Al-Raas should not be incarcerated, adding it would put the man's health in jeopardy.
Al-Raas has been sent to Jaw prison, according to the "Free Naser" Facebook page.
"Naser should be free right now," his fiancee said.
"The Canadian government has to ask the Bahraini government . . . today to release him NOW. He should not spend the day in prison, especially (because) this is one of the worst prisons here in Bahrain."
Al-Raas was sentenced in late October last year, along with 12 others for having links to demonstrations.
Bahrain's Third Superior Court last week upheld Al-Raas' five-year prison sentence.
Diane Ablonczy, minister of state for foreign affairs, said last week she was "extremely disappointed" to hear of the prison sentence imposed on Al-Raas and that she was following up with officials in Bahrain on the matter.
Al-Raas says his ordeal in Bahrain began when he was visiting his five sisters there last March. Al-Raas was working as an IT specialist in Kuwait at the time.
He made a three-week trip to Bahrain to ensure they were safe amid the fervour of the Arab Spring uprising that broke out in February.
But as he was leaving country, Al-Raas said four policemen in civilian clothes ambushed him in the airport. He said he was blindfolded and taken to an underground prison cell where he was held hostage and tortured for a month.
He said the torture ranged from beatings with a rubber hose to being forced to stand for hours at a time. He was beaten if he tried to sleep, he said.
"The main thing that was going through my head was, 'How will I survive?'" Al-Raas said in a previous interview with Postmedia News. "I saw death many times."
His chest, scarred from two open-heart surgeries he underwent in Ottawa, became the main target for their blows, he said.
Al-Raas said that when he was released a month later he desperately tried to get his Canadian passport, which was seized during his arrest, returned to him.
Although Al-Raas was born in Kuwait, he does not hold citizenship or a passport from that country.
On June 7, 2011, he said, security officials told him he could come get his passport; instead he was arrested, beaten, and charged with kidnapping a Bahraini police officer.
He denied the accusations and was taken to military court, where he was acquitted of all charges.
But in October he was arrested again, along with 12 others, for charges relating to participating in anti-government demonstrations.
Al-Raas said he was not participating in the protests, but was simply observing as he walked through the crowds to get to his sister's home.
http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=6083877
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