Local Editor

Human rights bodies have censured the Bahraini regime for its unethical handling of a case involving the brutal killing of a citizen by security forces.

Sixteen rights organizations have slammed the Bahraini regime for forging Abdul-Aziz al-Abbar's death certificate.
The family of 27-year-old Abdulazziz Musa Alabbar announced the death of their son on April 18th, 2014 due to an injury he sustained from a tear-gas grenade shot to the head.

He also sustained wounds from bird shot gun pellets in the same area. Abdulazziz was shot at on the 23rd of last February, he was admitted to hospital and remained there for nearly 2 months until he passed away from his injuries.
However, the Bahraini Authority is refusing to issue a death certificate for Alabbar with the real reasons of death, keeping his corpse in detention for 22 days, as of the date of this report.

In a separate incident, Ali Abbas, 19, and Ahmed Almusajjin, 17, died in mysterious circumstances in the village of Miqsha on April 19th, 2014. The residents in the area said they heard a blast from the car the two were with a third man who was wounded.

In further, the Bahrain's main opposition bloc al-Wefaq revealed that some 170 protesters, including 29 children, were arrested by regime forces on April.
Bahraini forces also raided 174 homes and other places in April, with inhabitants saying all were carried out without presenting legal permission and that in some cases doors were broken.
Last month, 12 anti-regime activists were sentenced to life in prison and two others to 15 years over charges of "spying for external parties." Nine others were also given life sentences for being "involved in explosions."

The rights organizations have also said this is not the first time Bahraini authorities forge death certificates, naming three other cases- Ahmed Ismael, Salah Abbass Habib, and Mahmud al- Haziri-that the regime authorities have refused to deliver a clear report about their deaths.

Since mid-February 2011, thousands of protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling on the al-Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team