Torture and arbitrary detention in Bahrain
Your Majesty,
We are concerned after receiving reports about the practice of torture and arbitrary arrest to a group of youth activists in their areas, where the security authorities accused more than twenty in the case of the death of the security man and an Asian immigrant in the areas of Ma'ameer and Karzakan.
According to international reports, the detainees faced mistreatment in order to extract forced confessions, and the accused were stripped off their clothes, severely beaten, deprived of sleep, food and drink.
Your Majesty,
According to the information received from the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights, the detainees are activists in their areas in the social and political fields, and they faced arbitrary arrest due to their peaceful activity.
We express our concern regarding the safety of the detainees, and we declare that continuing to restrict their freedom violates the principles of human rights.
We urge the authorities in Bahrain to:
1. Immediately and unconditionally release the ones that have been arbitrarily detained.
2. The start of the trial: should be immediate and all-inclusive, nonbiased about the allegations of torture, and to make the findings of the investigation public and to present what proves their responsibility to justice according to international standards.
3. Guarantee a just and public trial for the detainees and to allow the monitoring of the trial sessions.
4. Stop using criminal cases to target the defenders and activists in domestic issues.
Yours faithfully…
Your Majesty,
We are concerned after receiving reports about the practice of torture and arbitrary arrest to a group of youth activists in their areas, where the security authorities accused more than twenty in the case of the death of the security man and an Asian immigrant in the areas of Ma'ameer and Karzakan.
According to international reports, the detainees faced mistreatment in order to extract forced confessions, and the accused were stripped off their clothes, severely beaten, deprived of sleep, food and drink.
Your Majesty,
According to the information received from the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights, the detainees are activists in their areas in the social and political fields, and they faced arbitrary arrest due to their peaceful activity.
We express our concern regarding the safety of the detainees, and we declare that continuing to restrict their freedom violates the principles of human rights.
We urge the authorities in Bahrain to:
1. Immediately and unconditionally release the ones that have been arbitrarily detained.
2. The start of the trial: should be immediate and all-inclusive, nonbiased about the allegations of torture, and to make the findings of the investigation public and to present what proves their responsibility to justice according to international standards.
3. Guarantee a just and public trial for the detainees and to allow the monitoring of the trial sessions.
4. Stop using criminal cases to target the defenders and activists in domestic issues.
Yours faithfully…
Arya Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, known as Kuan Yin is the bodhisattva who most embodies compassion. The name Avalokitesvara has its root meaning as "he who observes the sounds of the world". The great vow of Avalokitesvara is to listen to the supplications, and cries for help from those in difficulty in the world and to provide them with aid, whatever expedient means are needed to help people most effectively. Kuan Yin Bodhisattva, an emanation of Amida Buddha's compassion, is the "Regarder of the Cries of the World". Sometimes referred to in the West as the Goddess of Mercy. Prayers for help arise from thousands of hearts, and thousands of prayers are answered by her vow of eternal compassion: Beings in Samsara, who sail the ocean of suffering, She will guide and deliver safely to the ultimate shore of enlightenment Nīlakantha Dhāranī (The Blue Necked Dhāranī) Namo ratna-trayāya (Adoration of the triple Gem) [edit] I. Initial Salutation Nama āryāvalokite-śvarāya bodhisattvāya mahā-sattvāya mahā-kārunikāya (Adoration to the noble Lord who looks down, the enlightened sentient being, the great being, the merciful one!) [edit] II. Name of Avalokiteśvarā Om sarva-bhaya-śodhanāya tasya namaskrtvā imu Ārya-valokite-śvarā tava namo Nīlakantha 2 (Om! Having paid adoration to One who dispels all fears, the noble Avalokiteśvarā, adoration to the blue-necked one!) [edit] III. śloka enunication of the merit of the hrdaya-dhāranī Hrdayam vartayisyāmi sarvārtha-sādhanam śubham 3 ajeyam sarva-bhūtānām bhava-mārga-viśodhakam 4 (I shall enunciate the heart dharani which ensures all purpose, is pure and invincible for all beings, and which purifies the path of existence.) [edit] IV. Dhāranī Tadyathā: Om Ālokādhipati lokātikrānta (Like this: Om! Lord of Effulgence, the World-Transcending One. Ehy mahā-bodhisattva sarpa-sarpa smara smara hrdayam (Come, great bodhisattva, descend, descend. Please remember (smara) my heart dharani. Kuru-kuru karma dhuru-dhuru vijayate mahā-vijayate (Do, do the work. Hold fast, hold fast, Victor, the great Victor) Dhara-dhara dhārinī-rāja cala-cala mama vimalā-mūrtte (Hold on, hold on, King of the Dharani. Move, move onto my spotless image.) Ehi ehi chinda chinda aras pracali vaśa-vaśam pranāśaya (Come, come, the vow, the vow of the admantine king, destroy, destroy every poison.) Hulu-hulu smara hulu-hulu sara-sara siri-siri suru-suru (Quick-quick, please remember, quick-quick. Descend-descend, descend-descend, descend-descend) Bodhiya-bodhiya bodhaya-bodhaya maitriya Nīlakantha [dehi me] darsanam (Being enlightened, being enlightened; enlighten me, enlighten me. Merciful Blue-necked One appear [unto me].) Praharāyamānāya svāhā siddhāya svāhā mahā-siddhāya svāhā siddhayogīśvarāya svāhā (To you who sees us, hail! To the Successful one hail! To the Great Successful one hail! To the Successful Lord of the yogis, hail!) Nīlakanthāya svāhā varāha-mukhāya svāhā narasimha-mukhāya svāha (To the Blue-necked one (Nīlakantha) hail! To the Boar-faced One hail! To Man-Lion faced One hail!) Gadā-hastāya svāhā cakra-hastāya svāhā padma-hastāya svāhā (To one who bears the mace (gadā) in his hand, hail! To the holder of discus in his hand, hail! To One who sports a lotus (padma) in his hand, hail!) Nīlakantha-pāndarāya svāhā Mahātali Śankaraya svāhā (To Blue-necked One smeared (with holy ashes), hail! To the mighty auspicious one, hail!) [edit] V. Final Salutation Namo ratna-trayāya Nama āryāvalokite-śvarāya bodhisattvāya svāhā (Adoration to the Triple Gem, adoration to the noble Āvalokiteśvarā (Lord who looks down), the enlightened being, hail!)
Freedom is not being liberated from shackles but being liberated from everything that prevents a human being from being happy.
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4:50 am PDT, Sep 1,
Sam Mahmood, United Kingdom
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It's a shame on government of Bahrain that on the year of 2009 we are still demanding the basic human rights of eliminating tourture.
Dear all, The declaration of human's essential role in life's development is an important base to the empowerment of any country. Support of such a petition is nothing but the human duty of us all. Ramdan Kareem
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