Trio refuses bail
Sunday, March 13, 2005
"BahrainOnline is the people's Press"
The Public Prosecutor has offered the BahrainOnline detainees (Ali, Hussain and Mohammed) to be released on bail for BD1,000 (US$2,650) while the case against them continues. The Trio have however refused the offer because their freedom would still be at the mercy of the Public Prosecution, who could re-arrest them later at its will. Instead the Trio have demanded their release without any conditions, and have opted to remain in prison until then.
Therefore, the program of activities will continue as mentioned earlier. On Tuesday night there will be a seminar to discuss the arrests. On Wednesday night (I believe) there will be another protest in front of Hoora police station. And demonstrations will be held during Formula-1 weekend, and (I forgot to mention this before) during the Asian IT Ministers Summit, which will take place on the 21st and 22nd of March at the Exhibition Centre.
Below is a photo of the trio fom inside the Public Prosecution building this morning:
You can see the rest of the set on this thread.
And a few more pics from today's protest outside the Public Prosecution building:
This girl was too cute:
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on Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 3/13/2005 07:43:00 pm. Permalink
3/13/2005 11:54:00 pm
I aggree that the affest of the "Trio" is probably usjust (I can't read arabic so I can't really have an opinion), but do you think it is fair that there are protests planned for the formula 1 weekend. The F1 is a event which brings tourism and trade to Bahrain and having protests near the track could ruin Bahrain's image of a fair country (which for the most part, as far a I know, it is (fair)).
Mabye it could be argued that the Government has brought this on themselves, but a protest near the F1 track will have a little effect on the government but a large effect on many business men around Bahrain who stand to loose business if Bahrain's image is marred by this protest.