Formula1 Second day: a protester killed, activists arrested, dozens injured
This is an update to April 19 statment: After threats by the Minister of Interior of escalation against the demonstrators: dozens injured protesters with shotguns
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| Salah Abbas, victim of the International Automobile Association |
21 April 2012
Following statements from Bahraini government officials ensuring that
they would provide the safety and security of F1 racers and fans, as
well as threats from the Minister of Interior
of escalation against protesters, the regime has intensified the
crackdown against pro-democracy protesters. Weeks before the scheduled
F1, villages were raided and more than 60 activists and democracy
movement leaders were arrested and tortured. Collective punishment has been worsening
by the use of teargas and shotguns specifically. Dozens of injuries
were reported, especially of shotgun, many of which are serious.
On the second day of F1, the dead body of 36 year old Salah Abbas Habib
was found. Salah is known to be a pro-democracy activist and leader in
his village Abu Saibaa. He was arrested last night by riot police
alongside more than 10 others after a peaceful protest when police
stormed the village. All of the arrested were released after being
brutally tortured, except for Salah. His family searched for him yet
they could not find him. This morning, Salah’s body was found on a roof of a building in Al Shakhoura village. Witnesses confirmed shotgun injuries and torture marks on his body.
... read the full story at Bahrain Center for Human Rights.
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