New Martyrs in Bahrain Including Infant, DWB Out of Kingdom

Local Editor

The mass rallies in Bahrain did not bring change to the regime's crackdown on peaceful protesters.

The Bahraini youth Saida Fadhel Mirza al-Obeidi, 22, died on Saturday of a police gunshot wound sustained at the start of the month.

Condemning the state's "repression of demonstrations calling for political reforms," al-Wefaq opposition group clarified that the martyr "was struck in the head on March 1 in Diraz, a village east of Manama."
Doctors said his skull was fractured.

In parallel, the Bahraini Center for Human Rights announced Saturday that the "one month and a half infant, Yahya Yousif Ahmed, died on 05 March 2012 after suffering from side effects of toxic gas during pregnancy."
 

The father told BCHR that his wife was subjected to suffocation several times due to excessive tear gas during her pregnancy. Their house was attacked with tear gas at least 8 times. The doctors reported the cause of death to be abdominal inflammation and increased blood acids.

Moreover, an elderly woman ,Sakeena Marhoon, (in her 70s) died 06 March 2012, as reported to BCHR, after suffering from side effects of repeated inhalation of toxic gases thrown by security forces inside her house several times in Feb and March 2012.

At the political level, al-Wefaq group hailed "the peaceful and disciplined character of a protest which flooded the streets of the capital on Friday," saying "hundreds of thousands had taken part in "the largest rally in the history of Bahrain."
For its part, "Doctors without Borders" organization declared closing its mission in Bahrain, after the Bahraini authorities prevented the entry of two of the organization's delegation to Bahrain last week.
The organization further warned that "it does not currently have any staff in Bahrain."

The organization said it will continue contacting the Bahraini authorities, and hopes to return to work in Bahrain soon.
T
he organization has indicated that it examined and treated since February until August 2011 about 200 patients and the patients were afraid to get medical care from health facilities for fear of arrest, either for their involvement in the protests or their solidarity with the demonstrators.


Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org