Bahraini Activist’s Whereabouts Remain Unknown after Being Detained by Masked Men
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The whereabouts of prominent Bahraini human rights defender, Ebtisam al-Saegh, remain unknown more than nine hours after masked men raided her home in the middle of the night.
Initial reports suggested that the men identified themselves as members of Bahrain's Criminal Investigation Directorate [CID] while barging into al-Saegh's home without a warrant.
But the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy [BIRD] later quoted the activist's family as saying that they were "100 percent" sure that the kingdom's National Security Agency [NSA] was behind the arrest.
According to Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain [ADHRB], "masked men seizing people from their homes in the dead of night with no due process has long been the Agency's stock-in-trade."
Rights activists have already called for al Saegh's immediate release warning that she was at "high risk of torture".
In late May, the 48-year old was beaten and assaulted by NSA operatives during a 7-hour interrogation at the Muharraq Police Station. She was later hospitalized due to psychological trauma.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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