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Free teenager call by society
By Cairen Harry
Published: 15th JULY 2008

HUMAN rights activists are demanding the release of a Bahraini teenager who was held overnight for questioning following clashes between riot police and protesters on Sunday.

The 13-year-old was being held along with at least five other people for their involvement in protests, according to Bahrain Human Rights Society secretary-general Dr Abdulla Al Durazi.

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Two Bahrainis in Saudi jails
By GEOFFREY BEW
Published: 16th July 2008

ONLY two Bahrainis are remaining in custody in Saudi Arabia, officials told the GDN.

They are Al Qaeda suspects Khalil Al Janahi and Abdulraheem Al Murbati. The two were never convicted or officially charged.

Al Adala (Justice) National Movement Society lawyer Abdulla Hashim does not believe there are any other prisoners whose cases remain unknown and is hopeful the last two will be released soon.

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Freedom joy for man jailed in terror case
By Geoffrey Bew
Published: 16th July 2008

A BAHRAINI man convicted of terrorism charges in Dubai was yesterday celebrating his first full day of freedom with his family after being released from prison.

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Riot case boy freed
By CAIREN HARRY
Published: 16th July 2008

A BAHRAINI teenager arrested during clashes between riot police and protesters on Sunday has been released from police custody.

The 13-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly setting an electric generator alight in Burhama on the night of the protests.

Bahrain Human Rights Society secretary-

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Woman collapses after riots verdict
By RASHA AL QAHTANI
Published: 14th July 2008

A WOMAN had to be taken to hospital amid emotional scenes after 11 men were convicted of rioting and handed prison sentences of one to seven years yesterday. The unidentified woman collapsed after hearing the verdict in the High Criminal Court, which acquitted four of the 15 men standing trial.

All defendants had been charged with rioting during the Eid and National Day holidays last December.

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11 rioters jailed
Published: 14th July 2008

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Search
‘No one is ill-treated’
This place is home to all inmates: Lt Aleass
Ajit John
Chief Reporter

The women’s prison in Isa town is presently housing 39 runaways with over 249 having been sent back after completing their prison terms this year, this was revealed by Lieutenant Shamma M Aleass while speaking to the Tribune.
Last year they had 458 runaways who spent anywhere between ten days to a month in jail. She hoped there would be a drop in the number this year.

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Lawyers seeking arson farm visit
By RASHA AL QAHTANI
Published: 8th JULY 2008

DEFENCE lawyers yesterday demanded a warrant to visit the crime scene of an arson attack on a farm belonging to a senior member of the royal family.

They have also asked for a court order to halt any physical abuse of the suspects.

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Family in new bid to trace Qaeda suspect
Published: 8th JULY 2008

The family of a Bahraini man held without trial in Saudi Arabia for five years for suspected Al Qaeda links said yesterday they have lost track of him.

Abdurrahim Al Murbati was arrested in Riyadh in June 2003 and held in a prison in the Saudi capital, where he was allowed monthly family visits, his son, Osama, said.

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Agony for murdered policeman's family
By ANIQA HAIDER and GEOFFREY BEW
Published: 8th JULY 2008

A DEFENCE lawyer's plea to exhume the body of a murdered policeman is just a smokescreen to blur the trial of his alleged killers, it was claimed yesterday.

Sources close to the family of Pakistani policeman Majid Asghar Ali Kareem Baksh, 24, said his body had already been flown to Karachi and buried.