Relatives and friends of Ali Jassem, 30, who died following his return home just minutes after taking part in a rally, gather around him at Salmaniya hospital morgue, Manama, Bahrain, Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Bahrain's Shiites holding a rally Monday outside the capital Manama marking the death of one of their countrymen more than ten years earlier, witnesses and rights activists reported. Thirty-year-old Ali Jassem, died after inhaling large amounts of tear gas, a human rights group said.
Hussain Jassim, the brother of Ali Jassim who died during clashes between riot police and demonstrators during a demonstration held to mark the martyr's day, cries after seeing his brother's body in the Bahraini capital Manama December 17, 2007. Ali, who was in his late thirties, was reported by the official news agency as having died of natural causes. The family of the deceased, however, told the media that he had died after inhaling tear gas that caused a heart attack.
SANABIS, Bahrain: Hundreds of Bahraini Shiites clashed with riot police for a second day Tuesday, following the funeral of one of their countrymen who died from injuries sustained in similar clashes the previous day.
Police used teargas and chased the protesters through the streets of Sanabis, a village on the outskirts of Manama, the capital of Bahrain. The protesters hurled stones at the police and burned tires as the turmoil stretched into the evening.
There were no immediate comments from officials on the violence and no reports on numbers of injured or arrests.
Tuesday's unrest began in early afternoon hours, after the funeral of a protester who died of injuries sustained in similar clashes Monday, when the Bahraini Shiites commemorated the political upheaval that began in 1994 and lasted for several years, when more than 40 people died.
Abdul-Jalil al-Singace, head of the Haq human rights group, told The Associated Press by phone from London on Monday that the protester, 30-year-old Ali Jassem, died after inhaling large amounts of tear gas.
Family members who spoke to AP said Jassem died following his return home just minutes after taking part in the rally.
However, the Bahraini Interior Ministry said in a statement that the man died of "natural causes" according to medical reports.
Monday's demonstration coincided with the tiny island kingdom's second day of celebrations marking the ruler's coronation.
Shiite Arabs, who make up a majority of the population in Bahrain, have waged an occasionally violent campaign against perceived discrimination by the ruling Sunni family.
The tiny Persian Gulf kingdom is a close U.S. ally. The oil-refining and banking island also hosts the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.
A list of the 41 detainees in Bahrain during the past seven days
Bahrain Center for Human Rights / December 24 2007
1) Mohammed Abdullah Alsingace
Age: 40
From: Sanabis
Time of arrest: 2:15 - 21/12/2007
- He was searched at home in the morning but was not present, and was detained in the afternoon at the home of his parents.
2) Naji Ali Fateel
Age: 32
From: Bani Jamrah
Time of Arrest: 8:50 p. -21/12/2007
- Member of the Assembly of Youth Human Rights
- Was arrested from the house.
3) Akbar Jafar Jasim
Age: 19
From: Jid Hafs
Time of Arrest: 18/12/2007
- He was beaten by security forces and then detained.
4) Said Ali
From: Janosan
Time of arrest: 21/12/2007
5) Hussein Khalil Ibrahim Almadoob
Age: 23
From: Jablat Habashi
Time of arrest: 4:30 am on 21/12/2007
-Been and detained from home
6) Mohammed Khalil Almadoob
Age: 27
From: Jablat Habashi
Time of arrest: 4:30 almost-21/12/2007
-Been and detained from home
7) Hussein Ali Mansour Albash
Age: 18
From: Al Musalla
Time of arrest: 21/12/2007
8) Mahmoud Oun Hassan
Age: 19
From: Malikiya
9) Hisham Jassim
Age: 15
From: Malikiya
10) Shaker Mohammed Abdul Aal
Age: 26
From: Alhamla
Time of arrest: 4 am - 21/12/2007
- The incident of the security forces entering the house by force is documented by a video camera.
- Member of the Committee of Unemployed.
11) Khalil Ibrahim Mirza Almushaima
Age: 26
From: Alhajr
12) Osama Ahmed Abdallah Rabiya
Age: 33
From: Al Numaim
Time of arrest: 4 am -21/12/2007
13) Sadiq Ali Abdullah Al-Motawa
From: Malikiya
Age: 15
Time of arrest: 8 p.m. - 15/12/2007
He was arrested from a street in Malkiya with 4 others.
14) Isa Abdullah Alsarh
From: Bani Jamrah
Age: 25
Time of arrest: 5 p.m. - 22/12/2007
- Was arrested after he was taken out of his car and beaten up on the street by 7 masked security forces dressed in civilan clothing.
- Member of the Islamic Amal Society
15) Abdullah Saleh Abdullah Muhsin
From: Madinat Issa
Age: 30
Time of Arrest: 8 o'clock - 21/12/2007
Former president of the Committee of Unemployed
16) Hassan Ahmed Nasser Jumaa
From: Sitra
Age: 21
Time of arrest: 8 p.m. - 17/12/2007
17) Ibrahim Mohammed Ibrahim Khalaf
From:Malikiya
Age: 28
Time of arrest: 8 p.m. - 15/12/2007
18) Hassan Ali Abdallah
From: Malikiya
Age: 28
Time of arrest: 8 p.m. - 15/12/2007
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19) Ali Kazem Said
From; Malikiya
Age: 15
Time of Arrest: 8 p.m. - 15/12/2007
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20) Ibrahim Abdallah Makki
From: Karanah
21) Mahmoud
From : Darkleib
22) Sayed Ali Mohamed Said Mohamed
From Sehla
Age: 21
Time of arrest: 9 p.m. - 17/12/2007
23) Mohamed Altatan
From Jidhafs
Time of arrest: 4 o'clock - 24/12/2007
24) Ghassan Ali BuMadan
From Sehla
Age: 18
Time of arrest: 17/12/2007
- Was arrested in the International Hospital .
25) Nadir Ali Ahmad Alsaltina
From Sanabis
Age: 35
26) Mohammed Makki Tarif
From Sanabis
27) Hussein Shaker Mohammed Faradan
From Bani Jamrah
Age: 35
Time of arrest: 11:30 p.m. - 22/12/2007.
- Arrested from the house.
28) Hussein Jaafar Tarif
From: Sanabis
Age: 20
Time of arrest: 23/12/2007
- Arrested from the house after breaking and vandalism.
29) Maithem Badr Sheikh Jassim
From: Issa Town
Age: 31
Time of arrest: 5 o'clock - 21/12/2007
- Member of the Committee unemployed
- He was arrested from his house and computer was confiscated.
30) Salman Salman al
From: Shakhurah
Age: 22
Time of Arrest: 17/12/2007
31) Ahmed Abdel Mahdi Ahmed Salman
From: Al Magsha’
Age: 17
Missing-asked by people in the investigations and the Center without trace.
32) Ahmed Muhammad Ali Jaafar
From: Jidhafs
Time of Arrest:11:30 p.m. - 23/12/2007
- Member of the Committee unemployed.
-The computers in the house were confiscated.
- He was arrested in front of his family.
33) Abdullah Saleh
From: Issa Town
34) Majed Abdullah Salman Ibrahim Haddad
From: Jidhafs
Age: 22
Time of arrest: 2 p.m. - 22/12/2007
- Has was arrested his home
35) Sadeq Makki
From: Jidhafs
36) Mohammed Said Abdel-Aziz
From: Janosan
Time of arrest: 21/12/2007
37) Hussein Abbas Hussein Mansour
From: Alhajr
Age: 29
Time of arrest: 17/12/2007
38) Hasan Mansoor
39) Salih Mahdi Salman
From: Damsitan
Age: 31
40) Muhammad Hassan Youssef
From: Damistan
Age: 35
41) Ahmed Saeed Ahmed
From: Damistan
Age: 18
