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Trial and exile of political prisoners, March-December 1956 299

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Tho charge against tl\ooo fivo peruono is that thoy,
oing jnojriborp of tho Coinmittoe of an unauthoriaod body
Which callod itoolf "The Highor Exocutlvo Committee" hut
which pubBoquontly changed ito namo (hut not ita meniboro or
its ohjooto) to "The Committee of National Union" , which
name wao then pocogniood hy Hio Higlineso, did, ao a committee,
commit Yariouo and unlawful acta with tho dntont:-
(a) To niurdor the Ruler and cei*tain momhoro of hi 6 family
and hio A^Yifldr, an official of hio Government, and to
doatroy his Palace, tho airport and other places,
(h) To bring about hy unlawful moano a change in tho
Government of tho 8tato,
(o) To deprive the Ruler of sovereignty over hie 8tate hy
deposing liim,
(d) Furthermore, the Committoo organised a otriko and a
domonotration in Manama on Friday, N0vemher 2nd, having
"been given permission to havo a procoosion on the strict
conditions that it should he a peaceful procession and
thut tho procession ohould follow a certain routo, Tills
procession which the Committee organised did not follow
tho routo Y/hioh had been authorised by the Government and
agreed upon hy the Secretary, it was not a peaceful
proceosion and it Y/aa accompanied hy violence, tho
destruction and tho burning of buildings and hy acts v/hich
caused gravo damage to the property of the Ruler, the
QQYernment and to firms and individuals in Bahrain.
2, On the nights of • •
the Police acting under ordors from Hio Highness thd Shaikh
arrooted Abdul Aziz Shamlan, Abdul RQliman Bakir and Abdur All
Aliwat, on tho night of • • • • t • t Ibrahim bin
Musa was arrested, Ibrahim Fakhroo was arrested on. ♦ *
in connection Yflth a charge of obstructing the P0llcc. A^ the*
time of tho arroots tho houses of the first four persons were
searched and evidenco will be given showing that certain
documents, which will be produced in Court, were found in their
possession. Reference will also bo made to noticoo published
by tho Committoo and circulated in Bahrain also to newspaper
reports of speeches made by Jlbdul HQhman Bakir outoldo BGhrain.
Eyldenco will be given by the Police officers who wore in the
neighbourhood of the procession on November 2nd about the routo
taken and about Y/hat happenod during tho procession.
3. (A)
Among the papers found in the possession of Abdur All Aliwat
y/as document Exhibit • • • • • • ... At the time that it wao
found lUc son ondcavourod to recover it from tho Polico officer,
as will bo statod by tho officer when giving evidonco. This
ehowod clearly that tho document in question was regardod us
being important.
TRo document, signed "Tho Co.nmandos" and addressed to "The
Freo People" otateo that the following resolutions are to bo
carriod out during tho month. In short, the assassination of
the Ruler, the Advioer and certain membors of the Ruler's family
and tho burning of the Ruler's Palace, tho airport und tho
destruction of some foreign buildings,
The doquinent also otateo that pooplo were trained in how to
use anno, exploolyoa and fire. Explosives, of a kind not
previously knowi) in Bahrain, (bottles containing petrol) wero
/ used