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Manama: The Bahrain Teacher Society is seeking compensation for the eight Bahraini teachers who were held for months in Saudi Arabian jails without trial.
Head of the society Mahdi Abudeep told Gulf News on Saturday that compensation was a must to protect the rights of the teachers who were in custody from February until the beginning of July without charge.
Bahrain's King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa went to Saudi Arabia early this month and negotiated the release of the teachers and other Bahrainis in custody.
The eight teachers were arrested when they lost their way and strayed into a restricted area.
"We appreciate the king's effort to push for their release and his orders that they rejoin their work and get their back-pay, but the Saudi authorities should compensate them for what they were exposed to and the suffering of their family," Abudeep said.
He said the society's demands will help prevent similar incidents from happening.
The dissolved Bahrain Human Rights Centre also demanded compensation in a statement, while criticising the maltreatment Bahrainis get at Saudi borders.
The statement said many Bahrainis were declined entry to Saudi Arabia without valid reasons.
The centre also demanded the immediate release of Bahraini Eisa Al Murbati who has been in custody without charge for the last five years, and UAE national Khalil Janahi who was born and bred in Bahrain, and has been in a Saudi jail for more than a year.
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