{"id":11479,"date":"2012-08-06T06:15:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11479"},"modified":"2012-08-06T06:15:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T13:15:21","slug":"made-for-show-police-charged-with-torture-while-illegaly-imprisioned-medics-languish-and-others-tortured-abused-on-daily-basis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11479","title":{"rendered":"Made for Show – Police Charged with “torture” while illegaly imprisioned Medics languish and others tortured, abused on daily basis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inquiry concludes that excessive force had been used against protesters<\/em><\/p>\n

Bahrain policemen charged over torture<\/strong>
\nAFP – 6 August, 2012 – Gulf News<\/p>\n

Dubai: Bahrain\u2019s chief prosecutor announced on Monday that 15 police officers will be charged with torturing doctors arrested during anti-government protests in the country early last year.<\/p>\n

Nawaf Hamza, chief investigator in the prosecutor\u2019s office, said in a statement he was officially making known that members of the forces of law and order would face torture charges resulting from the unrest.<\/p>\n

He said the charges were being brought following an inquiry launched on the basis of a complaint by doctors at Salmaniya hospital, the main medical facility in the capital Manama.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis procedure confirms the intention of the Bahrain government to bring to account all those found guilty of human rights violations and to recompense the victims,\u201d Hamza said.<\/p>\n

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The complainants, also numbering 15, had said they were badly treated during their detention.<\/p>\n

Some of them underwent medical examination during the inquiry.<\/p>\n

The 15 doctors and five staff at Salmaniya had been accused by the authorities of supporting the opposition during the protests.<\/p>\n

Bahrain came under strong criticism from international human rights organisations over last year\u2019s crackdown on the protests.<\/p>\n

An international panel commissioned by King Hamad to probe the government\u2019s clampdown found out that excessive force and torture had been used against protesters and detainees.<\/p>\n

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says 60 people have been killed since the protests first erupted in February last year. …source<\/a><\/p>\n

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