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1855 GMT: Bahrain. Leading human rights activist Zainab Alkhawaja tweets about a recent incident involving her and Said Yousif Almuhafda, Head of Monitoring for the Bahrain Center for Human Rights:
Now me and @saidyousif held by riot police in Sitra, they have taken our car keys #bahrain
— angry arabiya (@angryarabiya) December 8, 2012
After taking the car keys the officer started mocking, said to @saidyousif "So wat village is under siege now u liar" #bahrain
— angry arabiya (@angryarabiya) December 8, 2012
@saidyousif asked "well why arnt u letting us in to Mhazza" officer kept getting calls asking if there r journalists with us #bahrain
— angry arabiya (@angryarabiya) December 8, 2012
An hour before, the two human rights activists had gone to Salmaniya hospital to visit Aqeel AbdulMohsen in Salmaniya hospital. Aqeel was severely injured in Bani Jamra on Wednesday night after security forces shot him in the face:
Security stopped us from seeing him & told us anybody who wants to visit Aqeel must get visitation rights from Budaiya police #bahrain
— angry arabiya (@angryarabiya) December 8, 2012
When I ran into the room to see Aqeel security were right behind me, I saw him only for a minute, it was heartbreaking #bahrain
— angry arabiya (@angryarabiya) December 8, 2012
Be4 I was forced to leave I said to Aqeel, not sure if he can hear me "Ur our hero, we're all so proud of u, plz stay strong 4 us" #bahrain
— angry arabiya (@angryarabiya) December 8, 2012