Manama: Authorities in Bahrain have arrested Abdul Jalil Al Singace, the spokesman for the Haq Movement for Liberties and Democracy, for inciting violence and terrorist acts.
Al Singace was arrested on Friday, at Bahrain airport, while he was returning from London where he’d taken part in a seminar, a security source told Gulf News.
His family and supporters later staged a protest in front of his house in his home village of Karbabad, west of Manama, to protest against his imprisonment.
Al Singace has long been seen as a trouble maker by authorities in Bahrain who have given him countless warnings which he has failed to heed.
"Al Singace has refused to put an end to the incitement to use violence and terrorist acts, to target private and public property, through misusing the freedom of opinion and expression prevailing in the country," the source said in a statement on Saturday. "His attitude puts people's lives at risk and instigated terror that in some incidents, has led to the loss of innocent lives."
The security source told how the Haq spokesman had disseminated false information about Bahrain's domestic situation and its judicial and executive authorities.
He added that Al Singace was planning to hold a "National Day of the Kingdom of Bahrain" this month, to promote division amongst its people, in what would have been a violation of Bahrain's constitution and laws.
"Security agencies have been monitoring all his violations and abuses and often overlooked them, while sending him signals about the necessity to end all illegal acts," he said.
Al Singace was arrested last year, alongside 34 Bahrainis accused of plotting terrorist attacks with homemade explosives in open areas where people were celebrating Bahrain's National Day. He was, however, granted a royal pardon and released in April 2009.
