Bahrain Mirror: A number of families of detainees pending investigations over "Karana and Sitra bomb blasts" complained about the continued imprisonment of these detainees in solitary confinement, although they have been detained for over two months.

"My son complained during my visit on Monday (November 2, 2015) about his continued detention in solitary confinement since mid-August 2015, his deprivation from using the bathrooms, except for few times, in addition to harassing him during his sleep," one of the detainees' (Montadhar Mirza Al-Ajaimy, 18 years old) mothers said, adding that " he was forced to confess that he was involved in the Karana bomb blast which left one policeman dead in August 28, 2015, noting that he has been detained since August 8, 2015, that is 22 days before the bombing took place, so how is he being accused of a case he had nothing to do with and the date of his detention proves this."

As for the mother of detainee Hussein Ibrahim Al-Taweel (25 years old), she stated that her son was arrested along with three others on August 29, hours after the bombing in Karana during a house raid on one of his friends' houses. She stressed that her "son suffers from diabetes and hasn't been given his medication regularly and has also complained of being held in solitary confinement pending investigation along with others..."

For her part, the mother of detainee Salah Said Saleh (23 years old), who is accused of being involved in the latest Sitra blast that left two policemen dead and 6 others injured on July 28, 2015, was surprised to see her son's confession be aired on television although he was arrested two days before the bombing.

The families called in the authorities to remove them from solitary confinement since they have been detained for more than two months and allow them to use the bathrooms when necessary.

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