“International Petition for the Condemnation of the Use of Violence by Security Forces Against the Citizens in Bahrain”*

The undersigned are extremely worried and express their condemnation about the incidents of the security aggressions on a group of the national proceedings in The Kingdom of Bahrain by the use of the excessive violence to disperse the participating peaceful citizens with peacefulness in those proceedings.

It is mentioned that these aggressions are not the first of their kind but is a series of aggressions by the security forces. This continuous violation of human rights requires the instant intervention from civil society institutions and the international authorities for the protection of the citizens.

The security authorities in The Kingdom of Bahrain use violence as a way to disperse the participating citizens and these violent security measures are violating the agreements and the international treaties that state the human rights principles.

In this framework we, the undersigned, demand the Bahraini authorities to put a stop to those aggressions and we demand an instant, neutral and transparent investigation of those incidents. We also demand presenting those responsible for the violations to a trial, and that the victims receive compensations for physical and psychological damage.

The Signers

1. Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja – President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights - Bahrain
2. Mohamed Al Masqati - President of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights – Bahrain
3. Dr. Ziad Mohamed Rabee - Gersh University, The Faculty of Law – Jordan
4. Nawaf Al Masqati - President of the Bahrain Children Society – Bahrain
5. Nabeel Rajab - Vice-president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights – Bahrain
6. Abdul Aziz Abul - Secretary-General of the Constitutional Conference – Bahrain

7. Joseph Schechla - Coordinator Housing and Land Rights Network-Egypt

8. Mohamed Abdullah Hassaan - President of The Youth for the Development and Creativity – Yemen
9. Hussein Jawad - Vice-president of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights – Bahrain
10. Dr. Abd Al-Jaleel Singais - Political Activist – Bahrain
11. Lola Abdul Karim Saleh - Yemen Center for Human Rights Studies – Yemen
12. Abdul Raouf Al Shayeb - The National Committee of the Martyrs and the Torture Victims – Bahrain
13. Ibrahim Al Mqitib – President of the Human Rights First society - Saudi Arabia
14. Magda Majli - Justice Center for Human Rights - Jordan
15. Abd Al-Ghani Khenjar - The National Committee of the Martyrs and the Torture Victims – Bahrain
16. Sonia Taher – Coordinator of the Committee of the Deprived – Bahrain
17. Laila Dashti – Human Rights Activist - Bahrain
18. Mahmoud Amin Heshma – Human Rights Activist – Jordan
19. Asad Al-Laith – President of the Public Freedoms and Support of Democracy Society – Bahrain
20. Rasha Al Kooheji – Human Rights Activist - Bahrain
21. Resala Salman – Human Rights Activist – Bahrain
22. Faten Al Orayedh – Human Rights Activist - Bahrain
23. Rasheed Solaiman Al Mansi – Norwegian Public Aid – Lebanon
24. Dr. Yahya Saleh Mohsen - Yemeni Observatory of Human Rights - Yemen
25. Ahmed Mrghni Mohamed Ahmed - Organization of the Initiative of Human Security – Sudan
26. Morad Al Gharati - Human Rights Information and trainung Center - Yemen
27. Wisam AlAbd – Human Rights Activist – Palestine
28. AlModtamed Farouk Hassan – Human Rights Activist - Sudan
29. Osama Naeesa - Defense Committee of the Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights – Syria
30. Aaleya Al-Farid – Human Rights Activist – Saudi Arabia
31. Ramla Jawad - Bahrain Center for Human Rights – Bahrain
32. Ahd Abdul-Latif Al-Rafeed – Human Rights Information and trainung Center – Yemen
33. Mohammed Abu Diab – National Forum Society – Palestine
34. Hussain AlDaqaq – Al-Wefaq Islamic Youth Society – Bahrain
35. Jihad Rabee’ - Al-Wefaq Islamic Youth Society – Bahrain
36. Sadiq AlSha’bani – Member of Bahrain University Student Council – Bahrain
37. Mahmood AlAryan – The Arabic Organization for Human Rights – Syria
38. Ahmed Badawi Mahmood – President of the Arabic Program for Human Rights Activists – Egypt
39. Akram Khalid AlShami – The Democratic School – Yemen
40. Jawad AlAsfoor – Bahrain Center for Human Rights – Bahrain
41. Khalid AlRawdhan – President of the Youth Society – Kuwait
42. Majeda Mohammed Adli – Doctor – AlNadeem Center for Rehabilitating Torture Victims – Egypt
43. Hussam Bahjat – President of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights – Egypt
44. Hani Hilal – Egyptian Center for Childrens Rights – Egypt