Report: 5,700 people questioned in Bahrain unrest
\nOctober 16, 2011 05:56 PM – Associated Press<\/p>\n
MANAMA, Bahrain: Local media in Bahrain say the international panel investigating months of anti-government protests and crackdowns in the Gulf kingdom has interviewed more than 5,000 witnesses and alleged victims over the past three months.<\/p>\n
A report in Bahrain’s state-owned Gulf Daily News newspaper says investigators have spoken with 5,700 people about the unrest that began in February when the kingdom’s Shiite majority rose up to demand greater rights.<\/p>\n
The Bahrain Commission of Inquiry was set up in July with the consent of the country’s Sunni rulers.<\/p>\n
Sunday’s report in the English-language newspaper says detainees, police personnel, doctors and journalists are among those interviewed by the five-member panel.<\/p>\n
Its findings will be published in a report due by Oct. 31. …more<\/a><\/p>\n