In Video: Bahraini Forces Raid Sheikh Qassem’s House, Rajab Removed to Unknown Palce

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Tens of regime forces attacked the house of Bahrain's Leader His Eminence Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassem on Friday morning.

According to news agencies, the forces who were armed and had covered their faces, scared women and children and damaged property.
They raided the house in al-Diraz region, west of Manama, when Ayatollah Qassem was not at home.

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Bahrain's al-Wefaq Society held al-Khalifa regime responsible for the dangerous move and said such a move indicates that the regime's insane adventurism has reached its highest level.
Al-Wefaq Society further called for international investigations into all of the al-Khalifa regime's inhumane crimes.

Meanwhile, the Prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been removed from his cell to an unknown location, losing all contact with his family and lawyer.
In an appeal sent out by the human rights group, Rajab had reportedly witnessed prisoners at the central Jaw prison being tortured.
Rajab's wife had received a phone call from Rajab testifying on what he had witnessed in the prison. Shortly after, Rajab's wife was told that her husband had been removed from his prison cell.

His lawyer, family and fellow activists have not been in contact with him since.
In parallel, six Bahraini tweeters were sentenced to one year in jail each for insulting the King and "misusing the right of free expression."

Torture in Bahraini prisons is very commonly used to force prisoners to sign confessions. In February of last year, leading political prisoners began refusing food after reporting systematic abuses in Bahrain's jails, including beatings, torture and the use of tear gas.

In response, the BHCR appeal called for the immediate release of Rajab "as it is believed that he has been targeted solely due to his legitimate and peaceful work in the defense of human rights."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org