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On August 7, he was conditionally released. Charges weren't dropped. He was forced to sign papers saying he wouldn't participate in "any activity against the country."
During detention he was tortured and abused. He received international support.
Mrs. Al-Tajer is a physician. She fears arrest for having treated injured protesters.
Following mass winter 2011 arrests, Al-Tajer organized a defense lawyer team to help targeted protesters and others held incommunicado.
On June 5, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and other human rights organizations expressed "grave concern regarding the act of humiliation, intimidation and violation to privacy directed at" him.
He was targeted days after his participation at the Bahrain Universal Periodic Review (UPR) meetings in Geneva. Government social media forums and accounts circulated photos and videos of him and his wife online for two days.
He previously testified before the Bahrain Independent Commission Inquiry (BICI). At the time, he said "he was videotaped sleeping with his wife and that he was threatened that this tape would be made public."
After being with his wife at his beach house over a year ago, he was threatened. He believes government intelligence agents targeted him.
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