The Interview with Bahrain Revolution\u2019s Poet, \u201cAyat Al-Gormezi\u201d
\nshiapost | July 18, 2011<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I stood in the roundabout I wasn\u2019t intending to offend the regime, but to expose the people\u2019s sufferings,\u201d Ayat told Al-Manar Website, reassuring her belief that \u201cthe core of the conflict in Bahrain is not in the regime figures, but in the policy that this regime adopts.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are living a crisis of trust and dignity\u2026 especially as detainees, we were exposed to the worst kinds of abuses,\u201d Ayat said.<\/p>\n
Nine Days under Torture, Inquiry Absurd<\/p>\n
The revolution\u2019s poet told Al-Manar Website about the level of torture and brutal beating that she faced in detention, indicating that \u201cthey started torturing me the moment i laid foot in the security vehicle\u2026the security men started beating me blindly on the face. As soon as I arrived to the interrogation department, a group of men there started kicking and beating me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey kept me in a small room that smelled very bad\u2026 it was filthy and full of insects\u2026 and they were continuously beating me and cursing me without any interrogation,\u201d Ayat said.<\/p>\n
She continued: \u201cI spent nine days of torture in the interrogation center, even though interrogations usually take only two to three days. The inquiry was absurd\u2026 the interrogator focused on reminding me that the state was paying my education fees, and that it had paid for my father\u2019s education too. He was also pointing out that my father works in a ministry and that our house is property of the State, while barely mentioning the poem I read on the roundabout.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the interrogation center, I was moved to the remand center. It was a prison for detainees that were not sentenced yet. They kept me in an isolated room for several days, due to the apparent torture marks on my face. They locked me up until the marks were gone, and then they allowed me to call my parents\u2026 I didn\u2019t speak to my parents except after 16 days of detention,\u201d Ayat further explained. …more<\/a><\/p>\n