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12 April 2011

Bahrain: Kuwaiti Canadian kidnapped by police at airport

Nasser Bader Al-Raas, 29, both a Kuwaiti and Canadian national, currently living in Kuwait, was arrested on 20 March 2011 at Bahrain International Airport, 4km north of Manama. Mr Raas had flown to Bahrain on 6 March 2011 for family reasons and was returning home to Kuwait when he was arrested. Alkarama was told that after check-in, he spoke with a friend on the phone, but never boarded the plane. While witnesses report he was arrested by police officers at the airport, he has yet to reappear.

His family have since visited the Canadian and Bahraini embassies in Kuwait trying to gathering any information about his whereabouts. The Bahraini authorities ended up telling them that he was 'missing'. The reality of the situation is that he cannot be missing, as he was in fact arrested by police. His family his precarious health might be endanger as he requires regular medication.

On 8 April 2011, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) requesting its intervention with the Bahraini authorities for Nasser Al-Raas' release. If he is not released, the authorities should inform his family of his whereabouts and put him under the protection of law.
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