Urgent: Bahraini activists announce march to break siege on AlEker today at 2 pm local time

21 October, 2012

Dear Friends,

Bahraini human rights activists (including BCHR’s Said Yousif AlMuhafdhah, BYSHR’s Naji Fateel, independent activist Zainab Alkhawaja) have announced that they will head a peaceful march carrying food and medical supplies to AlEker village which has been under siege by security forces for more than two days now.
We will soon publish an urgent statement with pictures and testimonies about the situation inside AlEker. This is part of the testimony of president of the Bahrain Youth Society Mohammed AlMaskati:

He posted on social media that “the situation inside Al Eker is unbearable.” “It looks like a ghost town, empty streets, closed schools and mosques, stores without adequate supplies and injured people in need of medical attention.” “There is an armored vehicle in front of the school with no children playing on streets.” He was met with the cries of the mothers of the detainees and saw how people walk long distances to get food into their families.

For more background on the situation on AlEker please read our urgent appeal issued early this morning: HERE
Best regards,

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Maryam Al-Khawaja
Acting President / Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Deputy Director / Gulf Center for Human Rights