Bahraini activists commemorate the 12th anniversary of the democratic movement in Bahrain, with participation from British parliamentarians

the British Parliament, with British parliamentarians, Bahraini opposition activists living in London, and human rights activists from several organizations in attendance. The event was conducted by Husain Abdulla, the executive director of Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain.

Francie Molloy, a member of the British parliament, maintained his continued refusal to accept the human rights violations, especially during the democratic movement anniversary in Bahrain. He also expressed his faith that the Bahraini people will overcome repression and will reform society based on democratic foundations, despite the authorities’ human rights record.

Molloy called upon the British government to take a stand against the violations in Bahrain. He also compared the Irish experience of struggle to Bahraini one, hoping that Bahraini people will overcome the government’s human rights violations.

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Abbas AbedAli Husain

Abbas Abed-Ali Husain, a maintenance worker at the Ministry of Interior, was warrantlessly arrested from his father’s house in Al-Eker, tortured during investigations, and sentenced on various charges. He is currently serving his sentence at Jau Prison.

Abbas was arrested in 2012 following the pro-democracy demonstrations. He was sentenced to one year in prison on a charge of illegal assembly and rioting. An appeal was submitted to the appeals court, and the sentence was reduced to six months. However, the sentence still caused him to lose his job at the ministry. Consequently, Abbas was released in July 2012. Later, during the years 2015, 2017, and 2018, he was sentenced in absentia to a total of 10 years in prison in three cases. Charges in the first case included intentional destruction, illegal assembly and rioting, and possession of flammable substances and explosives, for which he was sentenced to two years in prison. In the second case, he was charged with illegal assembly and rioting, arson, and manufacturing and possession of explosives, for which he received a one year sentence. And finally, he was charged in a third case with arson, illegal assembly and rioting, and intentional destruction, for which he received a seven year sentence. He did not turn himself in, despite receiving multiple summons, out of fear that he would be convicted in more cases if he were imprisoned.

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