Public prosecution in Bahraini renews detention of senior Shia scholar ‘Sheikh Hassan Isa’ for 15 more days
Ahlul Bayt News Agency – The Bahraini Public Prosecution renewed the detention of former Member of Parliament and senior member of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Hassan Isa, for 15 additional days pending investigation.
The Bahraini authorities arrested Sheikh Hassan Isa at the Bahrain International Airport on August 18, 2015, as he returned from a trip. They questioned him without allowing his lawyer to be present.
The authorities brought charges related to funding terrorism against Sheikh Isa, as they accused him of distributing money to those whom they described as “terrorists and wanted criminals”.
The Director-General of investigations and forensics said that “Sheikh Hassan Isa’s name was mentioned in a number of terrorist cases, including Sitra blast that killed two policemen”. Sheikh Isa; however, denied all the charges brought against him.
The authorities are now working on raising charges of supporting terrorism and overthrowing the regime against prominent political opposition leaders, while courts, whose members are appointed by royal decrees, work on imprisoning dissenters, after convicting them, and issuing harsh sentences against them.
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