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Ottawa man Naser Al Raas was released from Bahrain jail Monday, following his arrest during a Feb. 1 court appearance. “We’re happy he’s out,” his brother in Ottawa, Sadeq Al Raas, told the Sun. “But at the same time, I’m not sure what will happen with the decision.” The judge granted the release due to […]
MoreAmnesty International Canada is calling on the federal government to rescue an Ottawa man facing a five-year prison term in Bahrain after a judge refused to suspend his re-arrest. Naser Al-Raas, 29, attended a pro-democracy rally in Bahrain last March and was soon after taken from the airport and allegedly tortured for a month. “Al-Raas’ […]
MoreAn Ottawa man abducted from a Bahrain airport in March and tortured underground for a month has been sentenced to five years in Bahrain prison, has days to turn himself in, and is begging the Canadian government to intervene. “I feel terrified,” said Naser Al Raas from Manama, Bahrain. “It means my death. I can’t […]
MoreAn Ottawa man is alive after he went missing from an airport in Bahrain three months ago. But after being jailed and tortured, Naser Al Raas is now being charged with kidnapping — a crime his family says he didn’t commit — and if convicted faces 15 to 20 years behind bars. “They (secret police) […]
MoreThe family of a missing Ottawa man is terrified for his safety and is begging the Canadian government to intervene after he vanished last Sunday. “He was either arrested or kidnapped from the Bahrain airport,” a distraught Sadeq Al Raas, 26, said about his brother, Naser Al Raas, 28. A Canadian citizen living in Kuwait, […]
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