Bahrain
02.02.00
Urgent Interventions
Bahrain: release and re-arrest of Halima Hassan Sdeif
Case BHR 231299.2
Second Follow-up to case BHR 231299
Geneva, 2 February 2000
The International Secretariat of OMCT has received new information on the following situation in Bahrain.
Brief reminder of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT was informed by the Bahrain Human Rights Organization (BHRO), member of the OMCT network, of the arrest of a number of following persons in waves of arrests carried out in November and December 1999.
According to the information, on 16th December 1999, the house of Haji Hassan Sdeif (Kharjeyah-Sitra) was attacked and his 20-year old daughter, Halima Hassan Sdeif Ahmed, a student at a private Islamic school, was dragged out by her hair in front of her family and beaten allegedly by members of the Security Intelligence
It was further reported that Halima was detained at Isa Town Detention Centre in a condition described as “miserable”. Furthermore, it is claimed that she had been subjected to physical and mental abuse.
New Information
The International Secretariat of OMCT received information that Halima Hassan Sdeif had been released on 6 January, following a payment of 600 dinars ($1600) from her family, but was then re-arrested on 11 January.
On 16 January, Halima stood before the State Security Court and was later released.
Remarks
The International Secretariat of OMCT would like to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on their behalf.
However, it would like to reiterate that this case is part of the ongoing political unrest and the widespread popular movement calling for political reforms and the restoration of democracy.
Geneva, 2 February 2000
Second Follow-up to case BHR 231299
Geneva, 2 February 2000
The International Secretariat of OMCT has received new information on the following situation in Bahrain.
Brief reminder of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT was informed by the Bahrain Human Rights Organization (BHRO), member of the OMCT network, of the arrest of a number of following persons in waves of arrests carried out in November and December 1999.
According to the information, on 16th December 1999, the house of Haji Hassan Sdeif (Kharjeyah-Sitra) was attacked and his 20-year old daughter, Halima Hassan Sdeif Ahmed, a student at a private Islamic school, was dragged out by her hair in front of her family and beaten allegedly by members of the Security Intelligence
It was further reported that Halima was detained at Isa Town Detention Centre in a condition described as “miserable”. Furthermore, it is claimed that she had been subjected to physical and mental abuse.
New Information
The International Secretariat of OMCT received information that Halima Hassan Sdeif had been released on 6 January, following a payment of 600 dinars ($1600) from her family, but was then re-arrested on 11 January.
On 16 January, Halima stood before the State Security Court and was later released.
Remarks
The International Secretariat of OMCT would like to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on their behalf.
However, it would like to reiterate that this case is part of the ongoing political unrest and the widespread popular movement calling for political reforms and the restoration of democracy.
Geneva, 2 February 2000