E:60 - Taken / Athletes of Bahrain

Produced by Yaron Deskalo of ESPN. Filmed and Edited by Evolve Digital Cinema.

What if a country's biggest athlete, a legend, a hero, a player who brought the nation some of its biggest sporting moments, was at practice one day and was suddenly taken into custody by masked men? What if he was held for months, tortured, his career ended, banned from his team and for playing for his country, all because he expressed his political views? It's not a storyline from a Hollywood script -- that is what allegedly happened in Bahrain. Specifically, it's what Alaa Hubail says happened to him. Hubail is the most famous soccer player in Bahrain and says similar treatment was forced on his brother, Mohammad, also a member of Bahrain's national soccer team; and to Anwar Al-Makki, Bahrain's internationally ranked table-tennis champion. In a story largely ignored by the Western world, these athletes describe in detail the horrific torture they endured at the hands of their government -- a government that is allied with the United States despite allegations of human rights abuses against pro-democracy protestors. E:60 goes to the Middle East for the first time to investigate how athletes were caught up in the clash of democracy, freedom, repression and politics. Jeremy Schaap reports.

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• Bahrain
• Alaa Hubail
• Hubail
• Football
• Soccer
• Revolution
• Middle East
• Protest
• Violence
• Torture
• democracy
• freedom
• politics
• repression
• Kingdom of Bahrain
• ESPN
• E:60
• Mohammad Hubail
• Athletes of Bahrain
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[yarliy]

Thanks ESPN

[liverecorde]

@hglvdsd هذا كلام الاجانب مب شيعة ولا سنة 

[AliBinJuma]

@SeNioRHaMoD مو دمنا فيمتو عليك بالعافيه

ههههههههه تن تن تتن

[TheRafamaty]

EE



[crunchymunchy55]

@SeNioRHaMoD esma3 ya wald el ga7ba 3asak etmoooottt a7eeen gabeel bacher an3al abook laboo le jabook laboo ele jab KHANEEFA FOGOOK

[Azaddewan]

Atrocities in Bahrain: When the US Administration stops supporting dictatorships and racist regimes? In time. it alleges that it supports human rights, but only in the zones where its strategy needs!

[SeNioRHaMoD]

نشرب دمكم يالشيعة و الي ياي اعظم

عاش الملك و تسقط ايران و الخميني

[ba7rini1989]

ياخي يتكلمون عن اعتقال او تعذيب.......... انزين خلوووووو العالم تشوف التعذيب..... اي تعذيب او اهو يلعب كوره.... يعني ما صاده شي.... او بعدين اي اضطهاد او خرابيط او هاي الجيل محصل اللي غيرهم ما حصله من مكافىئات...... كذب كل ما يقوله علاء حبيل لا او بعد مترجمين الكلام غلط مال الشيخ ناصر

[ba7rini1989]

يا عمي طير انت وياه..........................­­......................... مافي ناس تجذب قد علي سلمان او خمته,,,,,,,,,, او يا بابا ليش اهم دخلو الرياضه في السياسه...... الاعتقال صار لسبب سياسي...... او الخليفة تاج على راسك انت وياه...... الشعب يريد خليفه بن سلمان................. عجيني مدرب المنتخب بيتر لمن قال ما اعرفه....... ياخي كلك علاء حبيل مو مسي...... هههههههههههههههههههههههههه....­­. او اقول للقناه ترجمو الكلام عدل او بلا حركات الترجمه الغلط من العربي للانجليزي

[AliBinJuma]

@thamer02 قلت لك من اول قواااااااااااد بامتياز متعود تقود على امك واختك يابن الحرام وهذا اصلك ومستواك

[thamer02]

@AliBinJuma ممكن تسلفني اختك و ماما .. جايينا ضيوف و نبي نكرمهم ...بما ان ماما و اختك عندهم خبره في هذا المجال .. ممكن سؤال كم خيمه دخلتها ماما و اختك؟؟ اوه نسيت يمكن كانت تدلع المتظاهرين .. فديت الزينبيات والله .. ههههههههههههههههههه

الله ياخذكم خنازير

[thamer02]

Thanks for what? they haven't shown the real fact behind all of that. they didn't show who were positioning in the small tints and have a hot line to Iran to receive orders.. this report have no credibility at all, let's start with the name " Persian gulf", do you like that?? that shows how bias is this report.

shut the fuck up !!

god bless The Kingdom of Bahrain and long live the king