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The situation in Bahrain is rapidly deteriorating

by Courtesy

News of more deaths in Bahrain.

The total of deaths in January has now reached 9, making it the highest number in one month since March 2011. The situation in Bahrain is rapidly deteriorating as we reach the one year anniversary of the beginning of the protests on February 14th, 2011.

1 – *Saeed Ali Al-Sukari* (65) , from Aali, death announced early morning on the 25th, family says it’s due to excessive tear gas that was thrown in the area the night before.

2- *Abbas Jaffar AlShaikh* (26) from Daih, death announced at Salmanyia hospital due to cancer. Abbas is a protester who was injured many times since Feb 14, 2011, including injuries caused by birdshots. Speculations are that because he was increasingly subjected to teargas, that may have sped up the cancer. BHRS has stated that Abbas Jaffar Al.Shaikh after being shot in his back with sound bomb from a close distance caused him blood clotting. Picture HERE He was admitted to hospital on 27 Dec 2011. Some background about him HERE

For the first two cases, because of the difficulty of verifying the cause of death, the BCHR demands an independent forensic examination of the deceased.

3- *Muntadher Saeed Fakhar *(37), from Sanabis, Photo: HERE died under torture in Hoora police station within 24 hours from time of arrest. A witness has told BCHR that the police hit the car of Muntadhar, after which they beat him in the street near Jidhafs graveyard at around 1am , Jan 25 then arrested him. They also confiscated his car. BCHR has confirmed the marks of beating on the body of the victim before his burial – This Photo HERE shows what looks like marks of a shoe on the head of the victim, other photos HERE and HERE and a photo showing Muntadhar bleeding and handcuffed while sitting in police car at time of arrest HERE .

4- *Mohamed Ebrahim Yaqoob* (19) from Sitra , Photo HERE , was a victim of run over attempt by police in the afternoon- video HERE then was arrested, few hours later the ministry of interior announced his death over twitter without giving details of cause of death. HERE His Uncle has told BCHR that a police officer told them Mohamed had sickle cell, when the uncle replied that they have a video which proves the run over attempt the officer threatened him with accusation of illegal gathering. Lawyer Zahra Masood said today that the public prosecution refused to assign an independent forensic doctor to examine the body of the deceased. They also refused to allow the lawyer to examine the body.

Two funerals were held today in Noaim and Daih for three of the listed above , both were attacked with tear gas [noaim] HERE , the house of Abbas AlShaikh was also attacked after the funeral HERE .

Confirmed undisclosed Source