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Human rights groups said Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, former president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), was removed from a military court on Monday on the third day of his trial after he told the judge about his treatment. He said that despite prior complaints the court had not taken action to secure his safety. "The judge refused to listen to these statements and Mr Alkhawaja was ordered out of the courtroom," BHCR and Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights said in a joint statement. The interior ministry media office said no one was available to comment on the report. Other officials could not be reached. Khawaja is one of 21 activists charged with trying to topple the Sunni-led government during weeks of popular Shi'ite protests, calling for greater political freedoms, an end to sectarian discrimination and a constitutional monarchy. Some hardline Shi'ite groups also called for a republic. Khawaja has in all three trial sessions so far voiced allegations of abuse but was silenced by the judge on each occasion, the two rights groups said in their statement. The rights groups said Khawaja told relatives and his lawyer that he had been taken by four men to an unknown location where a man there told him he was a representative of the king. They asked him if he would apologize in a video message and he refused, then he was taken to a room where the men used "foul language and threatened him with rape," the rights groups said, adding they also threatened to rape his activist daughter. "At this point the men started undressing and showing their private parts after which they started touching Mr. Alkhawaja inappropriately," the rights groups reported. "When they tried to take off his pants, he threw himself down and started hitting his head on the ground continuously until he almost passed out. Seeing this they returned him to his prison cell." NINE POLICE HURT, FOUR SERIOUSLY Bahrain's TV said four policemen were seriously wounded during renewed unrest on Tuesday. "As security men carried out their duty ... and confronted a group attempting acts of tumult and sabotage, one of those involved was injured in the head, and his brother immediately started driving at full speed and running over officers," the channel quoted a police official as saying. It carried footage of a police vehicle and a saloon car, both damaged, and showed injured men being treated at a hospital. Human Rights Watch said last week Khawaja bore visible signs of ill-treatment and perhaps torture and called on Bahrain to set up an impartial body to look into allegations of torture. A Western lawyer and an observer from an international rights group were banned from attending the trial on Thursday. In further sign of a tough stance against protesters, a military court sentenced seven demonstrators to prison terms of between one and three years, Gulf News daily reported. The men were sentenced on charges of staging illegal public rallies, acts of sabotage, possession of illegal publications and public incitement of hatred of the authorities, it said. Hundreds of people, mainly Shi'ites, have been arrested and dozens put on trial. Others have been fired from government jobs. A state of emergency is due to be lifted on June 1. Bahrain has also forced university students to sign a pledge "not to organize or participate in any events and activities that would harm the reputation of Bahrain domestically and internationally," a document, seen by Reuters, showed. The government document said students who did not sign the pledge were demonstrating that they did not want to continue their education at the University of Bahrain. At least 29 people, all but six of them Shi'ites, have been killed since the protests started in February, inspired by Arab revolts that ousted the autocratic rulers of Egypt and Tunisia. The six non-Shi'ites included two foreigners -- an Indian and a Bangladeshi -- and four policemen. (Reporting by Jason Benham; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Samia Nakhoul) World Home Bahrain Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. 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