Urgent – Bahrain Court of Injustice to hear Case Against Dr Saeed Al Samahiji

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Dr Saeed attended court today(23 September, 2013) with his lawyer Mr Shamlawi. He has denied all charges of insulting the king after being interrogated by the police on 18th September. However, he is recorded as having said at the funeral of young Sadiq Sabt, the 50th young person killed by police:

“the boy was killed by criminals, mercenaries and sinners on the orders of the King, who is responsible for the deaths of over 50 people. He says the ruling family has occupied Bahrain for years, and god willing, they will leave Bahrain to any other place in this world and to hell, god willing.” It seems King Hamad find this insulting! Bahrain’s latest Decree of Injustice, 28 July, 2013 created new laws precisely for punish those who would “insult” the King.

Saeed was one of the 24 doctors cleared after felony charges were dropped. Two are still in prison, Ali al Ekri and Ebrahim Demestani. A further 28 were indicted on misdemeanours. He spent one year in prison having been initially sentenced to 10 years. He came out in April 2013. He had a stroke in prison & lost his license to practice.

Video of Dr. Saeed impassioned speech:

Saeed’s speech was during funeral of a young boy, attended by tens of thousands, who died after getting run over “with full intention” while he was trying to block the road. Shiite funerals are emotive and I guess Saeed said things in the heat of the moment. Can you make this an urgent request and ask people to contact their M.P.s or congressmen – he’s not well enough to go back to prison.