Tariq Jaafar Al-Farsani (born in

Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is h ...

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

, 1972) is a Bahraini bodybuilder. In April 2011 he was arrested after allegedly taking part in pro-democracy reform protests in Bahrain in February 2011. He was detained indefinitely without charge. As of July 2011 his fate is unclear.

International competitions

* 1998 Asian Amateur Championships — IFBB, Light-Heavyweight, Did not place * 2002 Asian Amateur Championships — IFBB, Light-Heavyweight, 1st * 2002 Asian Games, Light-Heavyweight, 1st * 2004 Asian Amateur Championships — IFBB, Light-Heavyweight, 1st * 2007 World Amateur Championships — IFBB, Light-Heavyweight, Disqualified *2008 World Bodybuilding Championships (Manama, Bahrain) — Silver medallist, 90 kg category

2011 detention

On 16 April 2011 Tareq Al-Farsani was reported to be one of the international athletes and other sports personalities arrested by the Bahraini authorities following the pro-democracy reform protests. According to Nabeel Rajab of the

Bahrain Centre for Human Rights The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR; ar, مركز البحرين لحقوق الإنسان) was a Bahraini non-profit non-governmental organisation which works to promote human rights in Bahrain,

(BCHR), Tareq Al-Farsani's family were not informed of his whereabouts and were afraid that he may have been tortured. Al-Farsani's sister Faiza was also arrested. On 29 June 2011 the Bahrain News Agency reported that the Bahrain Defence Force military public prosecutor had announced that "defendants involved at medical and sport crimes" had been released, but trials would continue in accordance with Bahraini legal procedures."Announcement by the military prosecuter[sic]", Bahrain News Agency website, 29 June 2011
accessed 29 June 2011

References

1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Manama Bahraini bodybuilders Asian Games medalists in bodybuilding Bodybuilders at the 2002 Asian Games Bodybuilders at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{bodybuilding-bio-stub