Bahrain frees anti-regime detainees
The Bahraini regime has freed a number of protesters that were arrested during peaceful anti-government demonstrations, bending to a demand of persisting popular protests.
Maryam al-Khawaja of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) told Press TV on Monday that around 147 detainees were released by the Al Khalifa regime.
Jawad Fairouz and Matar Matar, two former opposition lawmakers, were among the prisoners that gained freedom.
The two MPs were arrested in May after resigning from parliament in protest against the regime’s Saudi-backed brutal crackdown on demonstrators.
Human rights lawyer Muhammad al-Tajer, detained in April, was also among those just released.
Scores of people have been killed and many more have been arrested and tortured in prisons in a government-sanctioned crackdown on peaceful protests since the beginning of demonstrations in February.
Al-Khawaja also told Press TV that among the protesters that were freed was a 14-year-old boy.
The BCHR has expressed concerns about the condition of young detainees, stating that it has received reports that young boys are being placed in cells holding “drug-related prisoners.”
According to the BCHR, there are currently over 1,000 political detainees inside the country’s prisons.
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has apparently accepted a series of 'reforms' prepared by a government-sponsored committee that was established to supposedly “address grievances that emerged during the protests.”
However, anti-government protesters continue to wage mass rallies in Bahrain, demanding the release of female prisoners, and calling on King Hamad to resign.
Source: presstv.ir
