Profile In Persecution: Sayed Redha Fadhul
Sayed Redha Fadhul was a 15-year-old high school student when he was arrested during a raid on his house, along with his brother and cousin in 2020. He was then placed in solitary confinement for a month with no contact with a lawyer or his family and was subject to extreme psychological and physical torture. He was charged with terrorist acts committed three years prior, when he was only 12 years old. He remains in Dry Dock Detention Center to this day, awaiting his transfer to New Dry Dock Prison.
On 16 January 2020 at dawn, General Security vehicles, officers in civilian clothing, and riot police with private civilian cars stormed the complex where Sayed Redha’s mother lived. They first asked about Sayed’s cousin, Ali Mohamed, and after raiding his mother’s villa and not finding him, they began to search the compound villas. They then raided the villa belonging to Sayed Redha’s mother, and arrested him along with his older brother, Sayed Mohamed Baqer Mahdi, and their cousin Ali Mohamed Hasan. The family had gone on a trip outside the Kingdom of Bahrain three days before the arrest, and they preferred that their sons stay in the family’s housing complex as it was safer. The authorities did not mention the reason for the arrest, and no arrest warrant was presented. Two days after the arrest, Sayed Redha was able to call his uncle for a few seconds, telling him that he was being interrogated, all he could say was that he was fine and safe, then the call was disconnected. Following the call, Sayed Redha was disappeared for more than a month, as his family had no knowledge of his whereabouts, and he was not allowed to contact them or his lawyer.
           
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