Hit Squads emerge in Bahrain’s al Khalifa regime’s policy of State Terrorism

[cb editor: There have been similar reports of kidnappings, such as the one described below, by the al Khalifa regime. Some have ended in murder. The emergence of “hit squads” under intensely repressive conditions is common. The use of ‘hit squads” and “death squads” are a means of State Terrorism by a ruling regime to “conceal” gross abuses of human rights and terrorize the citizenry. As a standard method of repression perfected by the US CIA, they were deployed extensively by the Shah of Iran. ]

Kidnapping a student from the University of Bahrain
Posted: 26 September 2011 | Author: shadaio

Sunday 25th September 2011, a female student was kidnapped from the public library of the University of Bahrain, Sakhir campus, which is supposed to be one of the most secure premises in the island. Zahra Taher, a 20 year-old IT student and an energetic artist was kidnapped by a group of masked men and thugs along with the University’s security officers. She was taken into a dark room for what is so-called an “investigation session” but turned out to be a ‘humiliation’ assembly targeting active students specially against outstanding students who belong to the Shia sect.

She was handcuffed, brutally and severely beaten while trying to let her spirit do wn and insult her by those “government thugs”. After a long investigation session and because of deterioration of her health status they dropped her in an isolated site near Riffa roundabout, a pro-government headquarter where thugs had held several armed gatherings recently.

This lady was my younger sister, who was going to celebrate her 20th birthday on Sunday’s night. She is relatively well now! and steadfast until all the rights of Bahraini citizens are returned.

her brother
Mahdi Taher
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