It looks like prisoners from Arzat Prison are being released in small groups starting now. They're being delivered to their houses to avoid chaos. Of course, it's hard to keep anything secret in this town. Also, some people tell me it's almost confirmed that some of the head prisoners who were airlifted out of Freedom Square by helicopter and taken immediately to the North on the 12th have been released. There were 14 of them as far as we know. I have the list of names. I have no idea whether rumors of their release are true or not, but I'll try to get more information. You should take a look at Amnesty International's report on the arrests in Oman here. Looks like Omani authorities are in trouble :)
In the meantime, I was surprised to find myself quoted time and time again in Gulf News. You can read the article here. We also made it to the newspaper today here.
thats good news....
ReplyDeleteI also heard from a family member of one of the prisoners in MCT that they would be set free today.
ReplyDeleteStill wondering...what were these protests about in the first place?
ReplyDeleteStill wondering...what were they protesting about in the first place?
ReplyDeleteWhy are you surprised to find yourself quoted? Surely you must know how valuable you blog posts are, not only to the world at large but particularly to those of us who knew and loved Dhofar in days of old.
ReplyDeletePlease, please keep it up!
Shayba Fulan
No wonder you've been quoted, I read your blog first because GN's always late! Keep up the good work, hope will find its way, inshallah!
ReplyDelete`I am not a bit surprised that ur posts have been quoted in GN... it seems ur posts are the only source of Info out of Salalah... I have been following ur posts through out last week and I must say a big thanks to you for providing an excellent coverage of the shocking events in Salalal over the last week... Kepp up the good work... Cheers...and I just wish things get back to normal here soon...
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