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| name = Abduljalil al-Singace<br>عبدالجليل السنكيس |
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| caption = Al-Singace taking part in a protest in 2011 on his wheelchair |
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| birth_place = [[Bahrain]] |
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| occupation = Human rights activist |
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'''Abduljalil Abdulla al-Singace''' ({{lang-ar|عبدالجليل عبدالله السنكيس}}, born January 15, 1962) is a Bahraini engineer, blogger, and human rights activist. He was arrested in 2009 and 2010 for his human rights activities and released later. In 2011, he was arrested, allegedly tortured and sexually abused, and sentenced to life imprisonment for pro-democracy activism during the [[Bahraini uprising (2011–present)|Bahraini uprising]]. |
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==Background== |
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Abduljalil Alsingace is an engineer by training and was an associate professor of engineering at the [[University of Bahrain]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/opinion/03Alsingace.html?_r=2 |title=Promises Kept |author=Abduljalil Alsingace |date=2 June 2009 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> Until 2005, he was the chief of mechanical engineering department when he was demoted by the head of university. Alsingace family say the [[Prime Minister of Bahrain|Prime Minister]] was behind this decision, due to Alsingace's human rights activity.<ref name="AJE 2.12.2011">{{cite news | author=Matthew Cassel | title = Two weeks in Bahrain's military courts | date=2 December 2011 | publisher=Al Jazeera | url = http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/10/20111016145759140585.html | accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> |
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==Disability== |
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Alsingace was disabled at a young age and usually uses a wheelchair or crutches.<ref name="AJE 2.12.2011"/><ref name=HRW /> |
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==Activism== |
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Alsingace was [[Al Wefaq]]'s member of the board of directors.<ref name="Al wasat 9.7.2004">{{cite news | author=Ali al-Qattan | script-title=ar:السنكيس يطالب بإسراع منح الجنسية للمستحقين | date=9 July 2004 | publisher=[[Al-Wasat (Bahraini newspaper)|Al-Wasat]] | url = http://www.alwasatnews.com/672/news/read/399862/1.html | accessdate=6 April 2012|language=ar}}</ref> He resigned in 2005 and joined the newly formed [[Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy]] becoming the head of its Human Rights Bureau and its official spokesman.<ref name=HRW/> Alsingace began to operate a blog titled "Al-Faseelah", critical of a perceived lack of freedom in Bahrain. During a visit of [[George W. Bush]] to Bahrain in 2008, Alsingance attempted to present him with a petition of 80,000 signatures protesting his description of Bahrain as a democracy and demanding the "right to draft a democratic constitution".<ref name=NYT /> In January 2009, he was arrested on charges that he had participated in a "terror plot" and that his blog articles had "incited hatred against the regime".<ref name=BCHR1>{{cite web |url=http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/2752 |title=Activist Abduljalil Alsingace's blog blocked by authorities |date=12 February 2009 |publisher=Bahraini Center for Human Rights |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> His blog was also blocked by authorities in February of that year, leading the [[Bahrain Centre for Human Rights]] to begin a letter-writing campaign calling for authorities "to respect freedom of expression, particularly for human rights defenders".<ref name=BCHR1 /> Alsingace was soon released following "international and local pressure",<ref name=NYT /> and was eventually given a royal pardon.<ref name=PEN/> |
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In June 2009, Alsingace wrote an op-ed for ''[[The New York Times]]'' calling on [[Barack Obama]] not to talk to the Muslim world about democracy unless he truly meant to pursue it.<ref name=NYT /> |
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==2010 arrest== |
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In August 2010, he spoke at a conference at the British [[House of Lords]], at which he criticized Bahrain's handling of human rights issues. On landing at [[Bahrain International Airport]] with his family on 13 August, he was arrested.<ref name=HRW>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/08/17/bahrain-charge-or-release-opposition-activists |title=Bahrain: Charge or Release Opposition Activists |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=Human Rights Watch |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> A security official stated that Alsingance had "abused the freedom of opinion and expression prevailing in the kingdom".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cpj.org/2010/08/bahrain-detains-bloggeractivist-on-national-securi.php |title=Bahrain detains blogger on 'national security concerns' |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> Government officials later stated that Alsingance had been arrested for "inciting violence and terrorist acts".<ref name=HRW /> Alsingance was represented by [[Mohammed al-Tajer]], who would himself be arrested by security forces the following year.<ref name=HRW /> |
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Alsingace was held incommunicado until February 2011,<ref name=PEN/> during which time he alleges that he suffered "physical and mental torture" as well as solitary confinement at the hands of authorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cpj.org/2010/12/cpj-concerned-about-trial-of-bahrain-bloggers.php |title=CPJ concerned about trial of Bahrain bloggers |author=Joel Simon |date=7 December 2010 |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> He was briefly released before being re-arrested in March, following the widespread protests of the [[2011-2012 Bahraini uprising]].<ref name=RWB>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/bahrain-one-blogger-sentenced-to-life-22-06-2011,40507.html |title=Detained Blogger Abduljalil Al-Singance on Hunger Strike |date=6 September 2011 |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> |
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==2011 arrest== |
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On 17 March, two days after protesters were evacuated from the [[Pearl Roundabout]], Alsingace was arrested. His family said that on the middle of night about four dozens of police, some masked in plainclothes and some speaking Saudi accent broke into their house. A family member stated that Alsingace was beaten inside his house and on the street during the arrest, and he "saw them drag [Abdul Jalil] in his underwear and without his glasses, with a gun pointed at his head". His eldest son, Husain (28 years old) was arrested the next week and sentenced by a military court to seven years in prison on 6 October.<ref name="AJE 2.12.2011"/> |
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===Imprisonment and mistreatment=== |
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Alsingace was first taken to police station for few hours before being moved to Al Qurain military prison.<ref name="BICI"/> According to his family, one month after his arrest, Alsingace was allowed to make a ninety-second phone call to them, and another one the following month.<ref name="AJE 2.12.2011"/> A [[Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry]] (BICI) report revealed that Alsingace was verbally and physically abused, and sexually assaulted, losing more than 10kg and suffering from multiple health problems as a result. According to the report, he was beaten on daily basis, and he told his daughter that he was raped and sexually abused by "finger thrust into his anus." |
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Despite being handicapped, Alsingace was forced to stand on his good leg without crutches for prolonged periods, put in solitary confinement for two months in a 2m x 3m dark cell and humiliated by being forced to "lick the shoes and wipe them on his face".<ref name="BICI">{{cite report |title=Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry |publisher=Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry |pages=437 |url=http://files.bici.org.bh/BICIreportEN.pdf |date=23 November 2011}}</ref> Alsingace also stated at his trial that his prescription glasses and medications had been taken from him for nine weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde11/001/2011/en/ |title=Crackdown in Bahrain |date=October 2010 |publisher=Amnesty International |accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref> |
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===Trial=== |
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He was brought to trial by the military [[National Safety Court]] in June 2011 and charged with "plotting to topple" the government, receiving a life sentence.<ref name=CPJ1>{{cite web |url=http://cpj.org/2011/09/bahrain-1.php |title=Bahrain upholds lengthy prison terms for journalists |date=28 September 2011 |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> The appeals chamber of the National Safety Court upheld the sentence on 28 September.<ref name=CPJ1 /> |
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Responding to the verdict, the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] condemned the Bahraini government's "stunning disregard for due process and basic human rights".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cpj.org/2011/06/in-bahrain-extraordinary-tribunal-sentences-blogge.php |title=In Bahrain, extraordinary tribunal sentences bloggers to life |date=22 June 2011 |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> [[Reporters Without Borders]] also protested Alsingace's sentence, stating that his only crime was "freely expressing opinions contrary to those of the government".<ref name=RWB/> [[International PEN|English PEN]] described its organization as "shocked" by the sentence and began a letter campaign calling for Alsingance's "immediate and unconditional release".<ref name=PEN>{{cite web |url=http://www.englishpen.org/bahrain-activist-and-blogger-abdul-jalil-alsingace-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment/ |title=Bahrain: Activist and blogger Abdul-Jalil Alsingace sentenced to life imprisonment |date=22 June 2011 |publisher=English PEN |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> Dutch [[European Parliament]] member [[Marietje Schaake]] has also spoken out in protest of Alsingace's imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/10/20111030102051411130.html |title=Internet freedom initiative mere lip service? |author=Jillian C. York |date=3 November 2011 |publisher=Al Jazeera |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> The [[Bahraini Press Association]] described the verdict as "unfair and outrageous", "marred by abuses and violations of all legal and human rights standards".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/4689 |title=BPA: Jail sentences for two Bahraini bloggers condemned as "unfair and outrageous" |date=1 October 2011 |publisher=Bahrain Centre for Human Rights |accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Version vom 18. Februar 2022, 00:08 Uhr
Abduljalil Abdulla al-Singace (Vorlage:Lang-ar, born January 15, 1962) is a Bahraini engineer, blogger, and human rights activist. He was arrested in 2009 and 2010 for his human rights activities and released later. In 2011, he was arrested, allegedly tortured and sexually abused, and sentenced to life imprisonment for pro-democracy activism during the Bahraini uprising.
Background
Abduljalil Alsingace is an engineer by training and was an associate professor of engineering at the University of Bahrain.[1] Until 2005, he was the chief of mechanical engineering department when he was demoted by the head of university. Alsingace family say the Prime Minister was behind this decision, due to Alsingace's human rights activity.[2]
Disability
Alsingace was disabled at a young age and usually uses a wheelchair or crutches.[2][3]
Activism
Alsingace was Al Wefaq's member of the board of directors.[4] He resigned in 2005 and joined the newly formed Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy becoming the head of its Human Rights Bureau and its official spokesman.[3] Alsingace began to operate a blog titled "Al-Faseelah", critical of a perceived lack of freedom in Bahrain. During a visit of George W. Bush to Bahrain in 2008, Alsingance attempted to present him with a petition of 80,000 signatures protesting his description of Bahrain as a democracy and demanding the "right to draft a democratic constitution".[1] In January 2009, he was arrested on charges that he had participated in a "terror plot" and that his blog articles had "incited hatred against the regime".[5] His blog was also blocked by authorities in February of that year, leading the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights to begin a letter-writing campaign calling for authorities "to respect freedom of expression, particularly for human rights defenders".[5] Alsingace was soon released following "international and local pressure",[1] and was eventually given a royal pardon.[6]
In June 2009, Alsingace wrote an op-ed for The New York Times calling on Barack Obama not to talk to the Muslim world about democracy unless he truly meant to pursue it.[1]
2010 arrest
In August 2010, he spoke at a conference at the British House of Lords, at which he criticized Bahrain's handling of human rights issues. On landing at Bahrain International Airport with his family on 13 August, he was arrested.[3] A security official stated that Alsingance had "abused the freedom of opinion and expression prevailing in the kingdom".[7] Government officials later stated that Alsingance had been arrested for "inciting violence and terrorist acts".[3] Alsingance was represented by Mohammed al-Tajer, who would himself be arrested by security forces the following year.[3]
Alsingace was held incommunicado until February 2011,[6] during which time he alleges that he suffered "physical and mental torture" as well as solitary confinement at the hands of authorities.[8] He was briefly released before being re-arrested in March, following the widespread protests of the 2011-2012 Bahraini uprising.[9]
2011 arrest
On 17 March, two days after protesters were evacuated from the Pearl Roundabout, Alsingace was arrested. His family said that on the middle of night about four dozens of police, some masked in plainclothes and some speaking Saudi accent broke into their house. A family member stated that Alsingace was beaten inside his house and on the street during the arrest, and he "saw them drag [Abdul Jalil] in his underwear and without his glasses, with a gun pointed at his head". His eldest son, Husain (28 years old) was arrested the next week and sentenced by a military court to seven years in prison on 6 October.[2]
Imprisonment and mistreatment
Alsingace was first taken to police station for few hours before being moved to Al Qurain military prison.[10] According to his family, one month after his arrest, Alsingace was allowed to make a ninety-second phone call to them, and another one the following month.[2] A Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report revealed that Alsingace was verbally and physically abused, and sexually assaulted, losing more than 10kg and suffering from multiple health problems as a result. According to the report, he was beaten on daily basis, and he told his daughter that he was raped and sexually abused by "finger thrust into his anus."
Despite being handicapped, Alsingace was forced to stand on his good leg without crutches for prolonged periods, put in solitary confinement for two months in a 2m x 3m dark cell and humiliated by being forced to "lick the shoes and wipe them on his face".[10] Alsingace also stated at his trial that his prescription glasses and medications had been taken from him for nine weeks.[11]
Trial
He was brought to trial by the military National Safety Court in June 2011 and charged with "plotting to topple" the government, receiving a life sentence.[12] The appeals chamber of the National Safety Court upheld the sentence on 28 September.[12]
Responding to the verdict, the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the Bahraini government's "stunning disregard for due process and basic human rights".[13] Reporters Without Borders also protested Alsingace's sentence, stating that his only crime was "freely expressing opinions contrary to those of the government".[9] English PEN described its organization as "shocked" by the sentence and began a letter campaign calling for Alsingance's "immediate and unconditional release".[6] Dutch European Parliament member Marietje Schaake has also spoken out in protest of Alsingace's imprisonment.[14] The Bahraini Press Association described the verdict as "unfair and outrageous", "marred by abuses and violations of all legal and human rights standards".[15]
References
External links
- ↑ a b c d Abduljalil Alsingace: Promises Kept. In: The New York Times. 2. Juni 2009, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ a b c d Matthew Cassel: Two weeks in Bahrain's military courts, Al Jazeera, 2 December 2011. Abgerufen im 3 April 2012
- ↑ a b c d e Bahrain: Charge or Release Opposition Activists. Human Rights Watch, 17. August 2010, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ Ali al-Qattan: ? (Originaltitel: ar:السنكيس يطالب بإسراع منح الجنسية للمستحقين), Al-Wasat, 9 July 2004. Abgerufen im 6 April 2012 (arabisch).
- ↑ a b Activist Abduljalil Alsingace's blog blocked by authorities. Bahraini Center for Human Rights, 12. Februar 2009, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ a b c Bahrain: Activist and blogger Abdul-Jalil Alsingace sentenced to life imprisonment. English PEN, 22. Juni 2011, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ Bahrain detains blogger on 'national security concerns'. Committee to Protect Journalists, 17. August 2010, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ Joel Simon: CPJ concerned about trial of Bahrain bloggers. Committee to Protect Journalists, 7. Dezember 2010, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ a b Detained Blogger Abduljalil Al-Singance on Hunger Strike. Reporters Without Borders, 6. September 2011, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ a b Vorlage:Cite report
- ↑ Crackdown in Bahrain. Amnesty International, Oktober 2010, abgerufen am 18. April 2012.
- ↑ a b Bahrain upholds lengthy prison terms for journalists. Committee to Protect Journalists, 28. September 2011, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ In Bahrain, extraordinary tribunal sentences bloggers to life. Committee to Protect Journalists, 22. Juni 2011, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ Jillian C. York: Internet freedom initiative mere lip service? Al Jazeera, 3. November 2011, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.
- ↑ BPA: Jail sentences for two Bahraini bloggers condemned as "unfair and outrageous". Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, 1. Oktober 2011, abgerufen am 3. April 2012.