Letters from Jau Prison: Dr Ali Al Ekri, Pediatrician and Mr Ebrahim Al Demistani, Senior Nurse

This is a message from Dr Ali Al Ekri, consultant pediatrician and Mr Ebrahim Al Demistani, Senior Nurse in Jau Prison. They were jailed on 1st October 2012.

Ali was jailed for five years and has done 18 months. He was spokesman for the doctors and also went to Gaza in 2007 to treat children after Israel’s attack.

Ebrahim was jailed for three years because he tended a man who came injured to his door. Their initial sentences of 15 years and 10 years were reduced due to international pressure.

The international community must put on pressure to get the medics released. Hassan Matooq, an emergency nurse, was jailed for three years for “fabricating reality in his photos of the injured.”

and Haleema Al Sabagh, a dental assistant, was jailed for one year, for taking first aid materials to the injured. All the medics have been tortured and are now in overcrowded cells with no access to medical treatment.

In February 2013, eight of the jailed medics lost their licenses to work. This was a further attack on those who treated the injured and witnessed the atrocities.

”The Bahrain regime defined the word revenge uniquely. For witnessing the crimes of the regime, their careers will be ended.” Dr Nadia Dhaif, Chairwoman, BRAVO.