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50 Bahraini activists arrested overnight, female medics harrassed

Press TV – April 1, 2011

Bahraini opposition groups say the Manama regime has arrested 50 activists overnight, just before the massive Friday anti-government protests in the country.

The arrest took place on Thursday, a night before what Bahraini protesters have referred to as the “Day of Rage.” The protests are scheduled to take place after Friday Prayers.

The Bahraini protesters continue to demand the ouster of the 200-year-old-plus monarchy as well as constitutional reforms.

At least 25 people have been killed and about 1,000 others injured during the government-sanctioned crackdowns on peaceful demonstrators.

Joined recently by police units and troops from Saudi and the United Arab Emirates, the Bahraini government forces have launched a deadly crackdown on the popular revolution that began to sweep the Persian Gulf island on February 14.

The Saudi-backed forces have recently been sighted while destroying religious and historical monuments of the Muslim Persian Gulf state.

On Wednesday, the Human Rights Watch accused Bahraini forces of using violence against people that had already received injuries during earlier attacks.

The rights body said it had documented several cases in which the forces had “severely harassed or beaten” patients under medical care in the country’s Salmaniya hospital in Manama.

Also reported on Friday:

The President of Bahrain’s Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab says the Manama regime has harassed many of the female medics of Salmaniya hospital.

“A lot of female doctors have been harassed sexually or on sectarian basis by masked forces,” Rajab told Press TV on Friday.

He described the humanitarian situation in Bahrain as critical, saying those who have been injured during the protests have to be treated at homes, because the hospitals are under tight security control.

Even the patients who have normal diseases cannot be easily taken to hospitals, Rajab added.

April 1, 2011 - Posted by | Civil Liberties, Subjugation - Torture

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