Bahrain: Sports champions and Athletes STILL in Jail
Last Update: 05 May 2012 -
Bahrain has issued many press releases regarding the detained athletes, sometimes to say "no player has been suspended or sanctioned in any way" and sometimes to say charges against over 100 athletes are dropped. In reality at least the below athletes and sport champions are STILL in Jail.
1 Saleh Mahdi, Basketball player for Muharraq club, detained since March 2011, sentenced 2 years in jail on charges of "illegal gathering" http://t.co/Y3T3iekU
2 Ali AlMolani, Handball player, university student, arrested from a checkpoint for having a text message in his phone "They have attacked lulu". Sentenced 3 years in jail for "illegal gathering".
3-4 Mohamed and Ali Salman, Handball players, of the national team. Each sentenced to 15 years in prison
Mohamed
Salman, 23, and his brother, 22-year-old Ali, both played handball for
Bahrain's national team before they were sentenced to prison. Mohamed
and Ali represented Bahrain in the sport's 2010 world cup in Sweden,
and at the GCC cup in February earlier this year in Doha, Qatar.
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"They took Mohamed even though they weren't looking for him, they were looking for Ali." http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/10/20111016145759140585.html and https://twitter.com/#!/FreeMohd_Ali
5 Mohamed Ali Jawad AlFardan, a beach handball player, was given 15 years by the military court for burning down the same farm. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-09-26/bahrain-handball-brothers-jailed/50555526/1
6 Mohamed Mirza, (37 years old) , Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) trainer
and award winner, arrested 16 March 2011 from a checkpoint, with no
crime but his belonging to the sect known for being opposition to the
regime. He was accused of kidnapping policeman, sentenced by a military
court to 20yrs imprisonment. Mohd went to Brazil & Mexico
representing Bahrain, he paid it all from his expenses. He got a golden medal in the world championship in Brazil. Raising Bahrain flag!
http://www.facebook.com/FreeMohMirza
http://www.facebook.com/FreeMohMirza
7 Sayed Hadi Nasser Alawi, (21 years old) , Bahrain Racing Marshall who was active in all F1 races in Bahrain, participated in UAE F1 2010. Arrested 27 March 2011. Accused of murder and illegal gathering. Sentenced to life. https://twitter.com/#!/Free_Sayed_Hadi
8 Ahmed Abbas (23 yars old) , handball player with the Bahrain National Team. He was arrested at the Bahrain-Saudi Causeway on Feb 6, 2012. Charged for illegal gathering and assault to a police man. He was interrogated in absence of a lawyer and was given a detention order for 45 days. Arabic: http://www.alwasatnews.com/3446/news/read/628590/1.html
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| Ahmed Abbas on the right |
RELEASED Yousif Abdullah (AlSerdal), a drag race driver, was arrested from his house in Salmabad on early hours of 7 Jan 2012. He was detained in Dry Dock detention center for 45 days pending investigation. More photos and updates on his FB page
RELEASED Mohamed AlKhunaizi,
(40 yrs old) Cars Drag race champion, arrested 16 Sep 2011 from funeral
of a martyr, sentenced 2 years in jail for "illegal gathering" . More about him here and on
http://www.facebook.com/pages/%D8%A...41571?refid=8 He was released in March while still on appeal trial.
ESPN Report on Arrest & Torture of The Athletes Of Bahrain
http://manamacoac.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/bahrain-culture-of-putting-sport.html
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