Bahrain International Airport: Canadian Citizen

Prison Term Dept: Naser al-Raas, a Kuwaiti-born Canadian citizen, was acquitted Thursday by a Bahrain court of appeal . He was accused of taking part in anti-government protests in the Gulf kingdom and was facing a five-year prison term, according to CBC. He spent 31 days at al-Qala prison, during which time he said he was beaten with sticks and suffered electric shocks and an Ottawa man who was arrested in Bahrain and allegedly tortured in prison has won his court case, but says he won't feel safe returning to the airport for a flight out of the country without a representative from Canada at his side. submitted photo Al-Raas was arrested at Bahrain International Airport last March as he prepared to leave the country after what was supposed to be a two-week visit with his sisters and fiancee in the capital Manama. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.