Sunday, April 3, 2011

Bahrain : Death of a suspect protester after 7 days in detention

http://www.policemc.gov.bh/news_details.aspx?type=1&articleId=7568
 

Death of a suspect protester after 7 days in detention

This is the case no 27 of “Extra judicial killing” since 14 February

Urgent actions are requested to save the lives of hundreds of other detainees

The Ministry of interior has announced today, 4 March 2011, the death of Mr Hassan Jassim Mohammed Makki, aged 39, in a detention centre where he has been kept since his arrest on 28 March as a suspect of being involved in the recent unrest. The General Inspector of the Ministry, Ibrahim Habib A-Ghaith, claimed that the cause of death is a hereditary blood disease suffered by detainee. Source:

The death of Hassan Makki brings the number of people who lost their life since the beginning of protests, on 14 January, to at least 27, among them one child and one women. (List attached).
ِAli's brother told Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights: " That Ali suffered from hereditary blood disease , but not dangerous for him.Ali One and half years did not went to the hospital because of this disease".
Ali's Relative told : " After we saw his body, we noticed torture in the hands, legs and back"
There is high concern on the physical and psychological well being of hundreds of citizens who have been in detention since 14 February with no access family or legal counseling while whereabouts is unknown. Therefore, Urgent actions are requested to save the lives and secure their well-being.