Tareq Al-Farsani

Tariq Jaafar Al-Farsani, also spelled Tareq Al-Farsani, born in Manama, Bahrain, in 1972, is a Bahraini bodybuilder. In April 2011 Al-Farsani was arrested after allegedly taking part in pro-democracy reform protests in Bahrain in February 2011 and was detained indefinitely without charge, and as of July 2011 the fate of Al-Farsani was unclear. On 16 April 2011 Al-Farsani was reported to be one of the international athletes and other sports personalities arrested by the Bahraini authorities, and according to Nabeel Rajab of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights the family had not been told where Al-Farsani was held. A sister, Faiza, was also arrested, and on 29 June 2011 the Bahrain News Agency reported that defendants involved in medical and sport crimes had been released.