(ANSAmed) – ROME, APRIL 22 – At least 2,853 people are under
detention in Bahrain for political reasons, reported the Bahrain
Center for Human Rights (BCHR) in its last newsletter.

The small Gulf emirate has a Shia-majority population but is
governed by a dynasty from the Sunni minority. Saudi military
helped the country to put down protests during the 2011
uprisings in the Arab world.
The BCHR also said that a protestor injured by police during
demonstrations in February had died after two months in a coma.

Abdul Aziz Moussa Al-Abbar, 27, was reportedly struck to the
head by a tear gas canister and pellets shot by police firing on
the protestors. The protest was held after the funeral of a
media worker in the Saar village.
Last week about fifty people including at least seven minors
were arrested and five detainees were released, said the BCHR,
and last month the award-winning photojournalist Ahmed Humaidan
was sentenced to ten years in jail in a trial lacking in due
process, after the defendant had undergone torture during his
detention.
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is chaired by the
well-known activist Nabeel Rajab, who is serving three years in
jail, and Maryam Al-Khawaja, daughter of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja,
who has been sentenced to life in jail and is known for his
lengthy hunger strike during the Formula 1 races held in Bahrain
in 2012. (ANSAmed).