Khalil Janahi
Khalil Janahi | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality | Bahrain |
| Occupation | student |
| Known for | held without charge, for two years by Saudi Arabia |
Khalil Janahi is a citizen of Bahrain and Dubai who was arrested and held in Saudi Arabia in April 2007.[1][2][3][4] According to Abdulla Hashim lawyer for the Bahrain's National Justice Movement Society, speaking in July 2008, Janafi's extrajudicial detention, and that of fellow Bahraini Abdurahim Al Murbati, was of "urgent importance, given their length of time in custody without charge."
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights reported he was a citizen of Bahrain and the UAE. [5]
He was engaged in religious studies, in Riyadh, when arrested.[6]
Although charges were never laid against Janahi he is reported to have been apprehended on suspicion of an association with al Qaeda.[3]
In September he was moved from the Haer prison to a more lenient facility.
On 27 November 2008 the Gulf Daily News reported that Janahi had been transferred to a prison in Dubai on 24 November 2008.[3] The Gulf Daily News reported speculation that Janahi would soon be set free, without ever having been charged with a crime.
On August 2, 2010, Newsblaze reported on an incident where Bahraini police had been recorded beating a Saudi citizen.[7] Newsblaze speculated that Saudi officials had not complained about the incident because Saudi Arabia did not want to explain its detentin of Janahi, Abdurrahim Al Murbati, and Abdullah Al Nuaimi.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Two Bahrainis in Saudi jails". Gulf Daily News. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-16. mirror
- ↑
"Family in new bid to trace Qaeda suspect". Gulf Daily News. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
Some tell us he is still in Riyadh, others that he is in Assir, while others say he has been moved to Bahrain.
mirror - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 mandeep singh (2008-09-22). "Appeal to free Saudi jail duo". Gulf Daily News. 31 (186). Retrieved 2008-09-25. mirror
- ↑ Rasha Al Qahtani (2008-11-27). "Bahraini may be freed soon". Gulf Daily News. 31 (252). Retrieved 2008-11-28. mirror
- ↑
Geoffrey Bew (2008-12-06). "GDN:Rights row over Saudi detainee". Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
The GDN reported yesterday that a third man, Khalil Janahi, detained in April this year had been transferred to a prison in Dubai on Monday. He holds Bahraini and UAE passports.
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Sandeep Singh Grewal (2009-06-12). "UAE releases suspected Al Qaeda militant of Bahraini origin". NewsBlaze. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
Janahi is of Bahraini origin and holds a UAE passport. His brother, sister and wife hold Bahraini passports. He was studying religious studies in Riyadh and was arrested in 2007 as one of the 172 suspected Al Qaeda militants. The Saudi Interior Ministry had said in a statement a group of 172 extremists had trained in a “neighbouring” country and planned to storm Saudi prisons to free militants and attack oil refineries and public figures. In November last, he was handed over by the Saudi officials to the UAE authorities to serve his time.
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Brij Sharma (2010-08-02). "TV Clip Creates No Clouds Over Bahrain-Saudi Ties". Newsblaze. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
FThe Saudi silence may also have been prompted by several other reasons. For one, the incident could be termed as minor even if ugly considering that Bahraini Abdurrahim Al Murbati, brother of former Guantanamo prisoner Issa Al Murbati, has been held in Saudi Arabia since 2003 and lately even his family has not been allowed to see him. And Bahrainis Khalil Janahi and Abdullah Al Nuaimi, a former Guantanamo inmate, are also in Saudi jails for a number of years. Since repeated attempts by human rights campaigners and the Bahrain government have failed to elicit a satisfactory response from the Saudi authorities, the clip of the drunken Saudi getting a rap on his knuckles looks more like a blip.
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