Leaflet Detainees
The 'Leaflet Detainees' are Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahlawi (dentist, age 35) and Husain AbdulAziz Al Hebshi (insurance sales executive, age 32). The two prisoners of conscience have been detained by Bahrain authorities since 16 November 2006, on charges of possessing internet-downloaded publications calling for the boycott of the last election, deemed by the government as "subversive literature". If convicted, they face a prison sentence of upto seven years. For details and background of this case, see BCHR Ref:07010801, Ref: 06120601, and Ref: 06111900, or browse through the Leaflet Detainees archive.
Families, activists and supporters held a demonstration on on Friday, January 12, 2006, in front of the Bahrain Mall in Sanabis to demand the release of the Leaflet Detainees, Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahlawi and Hussain AbdulAziz Al Hebshi.
The two prisoners of conscience have been detained since 16 November 2006, on charges of possessing internet-downloaded publications calling for the boycott of the last election, deemed by the government as "subversive literature". If convicted, they face a prison sentence of upto seven years. For details of this case, see BCHR Ref:07010801.
Bahraini citizen Sayed Abbas Sayed Mahdi, who was passing by the house of the political activist Hassan Mushaima last Sunday May 20, while people were gathering in relation to solidarity with him, when he was stopped by the police. He was beaten severely by the Foreign Special Security Forces that works for the ministry of interior.They beaten him continuously all over his body,and kicked his head and hit it against the ground till he started bleeding.
Until this moment, Sayed Abbas does not know why it happen.
