Bahrain
06.11.00
Urgent Interventions
Bahrain: release of Dr. Jasim Hussain Ali
Case BHR 061100.1
Follow-up to Case BHR 061100
Geneva, 13 November 2000
The International Secretariat of OMCT has received new information with regards to the following situation in Bahrain.
New Information
The International Secretariat of OMCT has just been informed by the Bahrain Human Rights Organization (BHRO), a member of the OMCT network, that Dr. Jasim Hussain Ali, was released on 10 November 2000.
OMCT wishes to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on his behalf.
Brief reminder of the situation
Dr. Jasim Hussain Ali, aged 41, was arrested on 1 November 2000 at his home in Hamad Town. The intelligence department ransacked his offices and confiscated his written articles and floppy discs. All information received suggested that the he was held solely for the expression of his beliefs.
Geneva, November 13, 2000
Follow-up to Case BHR 061100
Geneva, 13 November 2000
The International Secretariat of OMCT has received new information with regards to the following situation in Bahrain.
New Information
The International Secretariat of OMCT has just been informed by the Bahrain Human Rights Organization (BHRO), a member of the OMCT network, that Dr. Jasim Hussain Ali, was released on 10 November 2000.
OMCT wishes to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on his behalf.
Brief reminder of the situation
Dr. Jasim Hussain Ali, aged 41, was arrested on 1 November 2000 at his home in Hamad Town. The intelligence department ransacked his offices and confiscated his written articles and floppy discs. All information received suggested that the he was held solely for the expression of his beliefs.
Geneva, November 13, 2000