HC Deb 31 January 1957 vol 563 cc221-2W
94. Mr. Warbey

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the names of the three Bahraini nationals now in course of transfer to St. Helena for detention; on what date they left Bahrain; on what date they arrived, or will arrive, in St. Helena; what is the nature of their sentence; of what crimes they have been convicted; and by whose judgment.

Mr. Ian Harvey

The names of the three persons concerned are Abdul Rahman Al Bakir, Abdul Aziz Shemlan and Abdul Ali Alaiwat. They left Bahrain on 28th December and arrived in St. Helena on 27th January. They were all sentenced by His Highness the Ruler's Court to terms of 14 years' imprisonment, after being found guilty on charges connected with their activities in the self-constituted body, the former Bahrain Committee of National Union. The main charges were that the members of the Committee did various unlawful acts with intent

  1. (a) to murder His Highness the Ruler and other persons and to destroy His Highness the Ruler's Palace and other buildings;
  2. (b) to bring about by unlawful means a change of Government.

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