{"id":11313,"date":"2012-07-30T07:04:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T14:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11313"},"modified":"2012-07-30T07:58:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T14:58:13","slug":"bahrains-pretentious-human-rights-progress-gets-wide-western-coverage-while-its-ongoing-brutality-and-abuse-goes-unnoticed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11313","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain&#8217;s pretentious &#8220;human rights progress&#8221; gets wide Western Coverage while its ongoing brutality and abuse goes unnoticed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bahrain opens probes into police abuse allegations<\/strong><br \/>\n29 July, 2012 &#8211; US News<\/p>\n<p>MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) \u2014 Bahrain&#8217;s Interior Ministry says it is opening investigations into possible rights violations by police during crackdowns on opposition protesters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/silent.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/silent.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\" \" width=\"330\" height=\"235\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/silent.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/silent-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The probes into possible police abuses are in line with recommendations last year by an independent commission that studied the Gulf nation&#8217;s Shiite majority&#8217;s uprising against the Sunni monarchy.<\/p>\n<p>A statement Sunday says the Interior Ministry seeks to uphold &#8220;international standards&#8221; among its security forces in efforts to build trust after more than 17 months of protests and clashes.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain has said before that it will look into abuses but this is one of the most forcefully worded pledges.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 people have died in unrest since February 2011 in the strategic kingdom, which is home to the U.S. Navy&#8217;s 5th Fleet.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2012\/07\/29\/bahrain-opens-probes-into-police-abuse-allegations\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/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%3D11313&amp;text=Bahrain%27s+pretentious+%22human+rights+progress%22+gets+wide+Western+Coverage+while+its+ongoing+brutality+and+abuse+goes+unnoticed&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain opens probes into police abuse allegations 29 July, 2012 &#8211; US News MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) \u2014 Bahrain&#8217;s Interior Ministry says it is opening investigations into possible rights violations by police during crackdowns on opposition protesters. The probes into possible police abuses are in line with recommendations last year by an independent commission that studied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11313#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":[1560],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11313"}],"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=11313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11325,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11313\/revisions\/11325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}