RNA - Opposition figures in Jaw Central Prison, including Sheikh Ali Salman, the Secretary General of prominent Al-Wefaq group, announced they would abstain from family visits, in protest of a decision by prison authority to reduce time of visit from 1 hour to half an hour, Al Manar reported.
In a phone call with Al-Manar Website, Sheikh Salman’s wife, Alya Radhi said she had received a call from her husband in which he confirmed the decision by opposition figures.
“The prison authority decision to shorten the time of visits comes as a part of escalation against all Bahrainis,” Radhi said, noting that such measures don’t only apply to prisoners but also affect their families who are being subjected to humiliating inspections.
Anti-regime protests have been held in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since the popular uprising roared into life in 2011. Manama has gone to great lengths to silence dissent. In March 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were deployed to assist Bahrain in its crackdown. Scores of people have lost their lives and hundreds of others sustained injuries or been arrested since then.
Protesters in Bahrain are demanding that the Al Khalifa dynasty relinquish power and allow a just system representing all Bahrainis to be established.
Scores of people have lost their lives and hundreds of others sustained injuries or got arrested as a result of the regime’s crackdown.
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