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Place of Birth: Bahrain
About Hussain Jawad
- Hussain Jawad Parweez (Arabic: ???? ???? ??????, born on 10 December 1987) is a leading Bahraini human rights activist.
- He is the Chairman and founder of the European-Bahraini Organisation for Human Rights (EBOHR).
- He is also one of the founders of Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights and served as its Vice-president from 2004 to 2006.
- Hussain has long been an advocate for peaceful and democratic change in Bahrain and is an active supporter of the freedom of expression and human rights.
- He has been a member of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights since 2002. Hussain Jawad, like many of his fellow activists, was detained as a result of his work as a human rights defender and for having freely expressed his opinion.
- Hussain was arrested in a raid on his house on February 16, 2015.
- He stood trial on 17 March on charges of "collecting and receiving money from home and abroad in order to support and finance subversive groups".
- Hussain Jawad denied the charges and told the judge he was tortured when in custody of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID).
- On May 19, 2015, the 4th Lower Criminal Court ordered his release from prison with the guarantee of his place of residence.
- However, the cases against Mr.
- Jawad were not terminated (the court simply adjourned them) and Hussain still stands trial at a later date.
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