Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that 20 illegal raids on houses were recorded between November 12 and 14, 2017 in eight Bahraini villages. It added that restrictions on freedom of movement for those returning from outside Bahrain continued.

It added in a statement on Wednesday (November 15, 2017) that 17 Bahraini citizens were arbitrarily detained within the past 3 days. BFHR indicated that the continued arbitrary arrests through late-night raids are intended to spread terror among citizens and are a result of widespread impunity.

The forum pointed out to the areas where the house raids were carried out and in which citizens were arrested. The villages and number of arrested are as follows: Karana (1), Jabalat Habshi (9), Al-Sahla Al-Shamaliya (1), Aali (3), Sitra (2), Buri (1), Al-Malkiya (1), Diraz (2). BFHR further stated that 4 citizens returning from Iraq, where they performing religious rituals, were arrested at the King Fahd Causeway.

BFHR explained that those who were arrested during the raids are: from Karana: Sayed Hadi Alawi and Sayed Baqer Issa Al-Kindi; from Jabalat Habshi: Mahmoud Habib, Hussein Jassim, Muhannad Mohammed, Hussein Abdul Hadi, Ali Al-Nasif, Mohammed Al-Nasif, Ali Hassan al-Shamlawi, Ahmed Al-Bahrani, and Mohammed Majeed Zubail (Athari); from Al-Sahla Al-Shamaliya: Ali Abdul Hussein; from Buri: Mohammed Ali Sabah; and from al-Malkiya: Abdullah Issa Abu Rashed.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights noted that those who were arrested at the King Fahd Causeway are: Jaafar Abd Ali Al-Khadran from Sitra, arrested on 11/11/2017; Sayed Baqer Issa Al-Kindi from Karana, arrested on 11/12/2017; Issa Madan from Al-Dair, arrested on 11/13/2017; and Jalal Al-Attar from Sitra, arrested  on 11/13/2017.

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