February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition called on the people of Bahrain to prepare for the annual ‘’Bahraini Prisoner day’’ on July 24th.
Dr. Ibrahim al-Aradi, Director of the Political Bureau of the Coalition in Beirut, emphasized in a follow-up program on ‘’LuaLua TV’’ that political prisoners have the right to unconditional freedom.
It is worth noting that nearly 1,500 political detainees have been arrested since the beginning of the revolution in 2011 and to date still held in al-Khalifa prison in addition to the number of ‘’Al-Ma’ameer detainees’’ who were arrested in 2009, so the number of political detainees in Bahrain has approximately 5000 detainees in several years.
These detainees were imprisoned and tried in illegitimate courts on their political grounds and have been charged with malicious and fabricated accusations. Some of them were sentenced to death and life imprisonment, and their citizenship was revoked by confessions obtained under torture in the terrorist interrogation room on ready charges as determined by the executioners, as the regime resorted to policy of enforced disappearance to achieve its goals. Some of them were also martyred under torture or as a result of illnesses sustained in prison and exacerbated by a policy of denial of treatment.
It is worth noting that 4 years after the launch of the February 14 Revolution, the idea of dedicating ‘’Bahraini Prisoner Day’’ emerged in 2015. Due to political reasons, the number of detainees continued to increase, and they suffered the most horrendous violations and various forms of torture, so the first day of this slogan was Friday, July 24, 2015.
That year, political detainees have been on hunger strike in protest against the crimes of physical and mental torture that they suffered from. At the same time, the masses of the Bahraini people announced that they would actively participate in the ‘’Bahraini Prisoner Day’’, where the cities of Bahrain and its towns were filled with demonstrations, sit-ins and revolutionary activities, including cutting off streets and squares and igniting flames of anger, during which the masses declared their firm support and solidarity with the prisoners, as well as the streets of Bahrain’s cities and towns were decorated with pictures of prisoners and brilliant evenings were held in the homes of many of them in several areas.
The people of Bahrain continue to revive this day, insisting on the releasing of all prisoners of conscience from the prisons, especially with the harsh and poor conditions, including illness, violations, ill-treatment and vindictive policies.
