By John Ballard
From Angry Arabiya's Tweetstream beginning here.
Mr Jawad isn't affiliated with any organization or political society, he is just a man who speaks up when he sees injustice
Jawad is known by many and loved by all who know him. He is very kind and accepting.Jawad is now imprisoned in the same prison as my father and is also on the same military trial. At his age Jawad not only went thru the worst kind of torture but is also brave enough to speak up abt it. Jawad told his fam that for 1st two months of his detention he was not allowed to shower or change his clothes. Jawad was heart broken that becuz of all the blood on his clothes he cudnt even pray.
Jawad says in his prison cell there is a pic of king Hamad & another of saudi king Abdulla Every morning he was told if he kissed the pictures of kings they wud spit in his mouth, and if he didn't they wud urinate in his mouth.
In court Jawad cudnt hear a word, his already bad hearing had gotten so bad becuz of the torture. In court Jawad raised his pant legs & kept telling the Judge "I have been tortured. I have the proof on my body"
After 2 months of torture, with no bathroom and wearing the same clothes, Jawad was given clean clothes n told to shower they blondfolded Jawad, put a sack on his head, and told him "We will take u to Saudi to get hanged now" Jawad, expecting death, was surprised when he was pushed into a court room.
On their 1st visit, his family say Jawad kept sayin "I can't believe I'm alive, I can't believe I can see my family infront of me" Jawad told his fam "I kept reading the shahada when I was being tortured. I kept thinkin it was the end, that I was going to die" When Jawads family thot it cudnt get worse, he asked them abt his frnd who was also imprisoned... Kareem Fakhrawi. Jawads family had to tell him thru tears that Kareem had died in police custody Jawad said he heard screams of ppl getting tortured, n the screams wud suddenly stop. N he was left wondering if some1 had died
Jawad showed his daughters signs of torture on his legs & arms. His daughter was horrified. Fearing police who was watching them, Jawads daughter asked him to cover the torture marks. Jawad said "no, tell the world" Jawad put himself in danger of more torture just to get the word out. Just so all of you wud know I feel honored and moved to be in the same courtroom with this Hero. I see him looking 4 his family amongst the crowd, n I wanna tell him: we r all ur family, n we are all so proud
The 1st time I saw my father after court, he cud hardly speak. He cudnt smile becuz of the pain, becuz of the fractures in his face... [Cntnd] ... But he told me this "Zainab there r many prisoners who are being forgotten. So many ppl who have suffered more than me" Jawad like my father is a grandpa, and he misses his little grand daughter so much. He used to spend most of his time with her.
Many ppl are being tortured, not many dare speak out abt it while they're still in hands of torturers... I bow my head out of respect n admiration for Mohd Jawad, #bahrains Nelson #Mandela <3
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