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Bahrain Government Targets Doctors, Nurses Who Treated Antigovernment Protesters
Bahrain Government Targets Doctors, Nurses Who Treated Antigovernment Protesters
<small>MAY 4, 2011</small>
Bahrain to Put Medical Staff on Trial
Government Targets Doctors, Nurses Who Treated Antigovernment Protesters
BY JOE PARKINSON
Bahrain plans to try in a military court nearly 50 doctors and nurses who treated antigovernment protesters during months of unrest, broadening the ruling Al-Khalifa family's crackdown on Shiite opposition supporters.
GENEVA ? UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed deep concern about the continued detention of hundreds of activists in Bahrain, the prosecution of scores of medical professionals, and the sentencing to death of four protestors after a closed-door military trial.
The Justice Ministry announced on Wednesday that 23 doctors and 24 nurses from the Salmaniya Medical Complex are due to be tried in a military court on charges including participation in unlicensed protests and inciting hatred against the Government. This comes after four protestors were last week sentenced to death and three to life imprisonment for the alleged killing of two policemen. Prior to their sentencing, they were reportedly held incommunicado, without access to their families and limited access to lawyers. There are also allegations that some defence lawyers have been subject to intimidation.
?The trial of civilians before military courts is always a cause of concern. The application of the death penalty without due process and after a trial held in secrecy is illegal and absolutely unacceptable,? Ms. Pillay said. ?The defendants are entitled to fair trials before civil courts, in accordance with international legal standards and in keeping with Bahrain?s international human rights obligations.?
News and Press Release in English on Bahrain about Protection and Human Rights; published on 5 May 2011 by OHCHR
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