{"id":10368,"date":"2012-06-01T13:47:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10368"},"modified":"2012-06-01T13:47:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:47:59","slug":"bahrain-free-speech-and-reform-prison-for-participating-in-hateful-chants-slogans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10368","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain free speech and reform &#8211; Prison for participating in &#8220;hateful&#8221;, &#8220;chants, &#8220;slogans&#8221;,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bahrain puts doctors on trial<\/strong><br \/>\nJoshua Colangelo-Bryan &#8211; 1 June, 2012 &#8211; Global Post<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Mushaima, another opposition leader given a life term, had advocated \u201cmarches, demonstrations and civil disobedience\u201d to call for the \u201cestablishment of a democratic republic,\u201d according to the verdict. The court sentenced Ali Abduleman, a prominent blogger, to five years in prison (in absentia) even though its verdict did not cite a single piece of evidence against him.<\/p>\n<p>The special military courts also convicted 20 doctors and medical personnel of transparently political offenses, such as joining in \u201cslogans and chants\u201d that expressed \u201chatred and contempt for the governing regime.\u201d Nada Dhaif, an oral surgeon, was sentenced to 15 years because she participated in a sit-in, took part in an International Women\u2019s Day march, and assisted with a medical tent that treated protesters. Deya Ja\u2019far, a nurse, was convicted in part because she allegedly stepped on a photograph of Bahrain\u2019s prime minister. And the court convicted Fatima Haji, a rheumatologist, for allegedly asking Manchester United\u2019s manager to observe a moment\u2019s silence before a match.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, after intense international criticism of the government\u2019s general crackdown on protesters, the king appointed the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, consisting of five international human rights experts. On Nov. 23, the commission issued a 489-page report, which concluded that authorities had committed systematic human rights violations. The commission also called for judicial review of military court verdicts, which, the commissioners explained, meant that the government should free those convicted for peacefully exercising internationally recognized rights.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatches\/globalpost-blogs\/commentary\/bahrain-protesters-arab-spring-prison\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D10368&amp;text=Bahrain+free+speech+and+reform+-+Prison+for+participating+in+%22hateful%22%2C+%22chants%2C+%22slogans%22%2C+&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain puts doctors on trial Joshua Colangelo-Bryan &#8211; 1 June, 2012 &#8211; Global Post Hassan Mushaima, another opposition leader given a life term, had advocated \u201cmarches, demonstrations and civil disobedience\u201d to call for the \u201cestablishment of a democratic republic,\u201d according to the verdict. The court sentenced Ali Abduleman, a prominent blogger, to five years in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10368#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[1695],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10369,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10368\/revisions\/10369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}