{"id":5324,"date":"2012-01-26T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5324"},"modified":"2012-01-26T11:45:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T18:45:02","slug":"court-rules-bahrain-kings-emergency-call-was-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5324","title":{"rendered":"Court rules Bahrain king’s emergency call was legal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Court rules Bahrain king’s emergency call was legal<\/strong>
\nAgence France-Presse – 25 January, 2012 – The National <\/p>\n

A Bahraini court yesterday ruled that the king acted lawfully when he declared a quasi state of emergency in March ahead of a crackdown on Shiite-led protests.<\/p>\n

The constitutional court \u201crejected the appeal into the constitutionality\u201d of the state of National Safety, the state news agency reported.<\/p>\n

National Safety is the first of two categories of exceptional measures that the king can resort to in times of emergency. The second is a full state of Martial Law.<\/p>\n

An independent commission that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa had tasked with investigating the crackdown on a month-long protest in mid-March had recommended that the constitutional court review the royal declaration of a three-month state of National Safety.<\/p>\n

The commission found 35 people were killed in the purge on protests, including five security personnel and five detainees who were tortured to death in custody. Hundreds more were hurt.<\/p>\n

The defence teams of scores of the predominantly Shiite defendants who appeared before the National Safety Court had questioned the legality of the royal decree.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decree violated the laws of Bahrain. Many laws were suspended due to the decree,\u201d said Matar Matar, a leading figure in Al Wefaq, the main Shiite opposition group.<\/p>\n

Tensions have remained high in Bahrain since the crackdown last spring.<\/p>\n

Sporadic violence has risen in recent weeks as the first anniversary approaches of the launch of the protests against the government. On Tuesday, Bahraini police dispersed anti-government protesters who blocked roads in several villages, a government statement said yesterday.<\/p>\n

The public security chief, Major General Tariq Al Hassan, said that \u201cvandals blocked roads\u201d and threw petrol bombs during clashes on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Gen Al Hassan added that security forces made \u201cseveral arrests\u201d in Shiite villages, but did not give the exact location of the clashes or if there were any injuries.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the US said it was relocating embassy staff and their families to new neighbourhoods in Manama as part of safety precautions amid anti-government unrest.<\/p>\n

Bahrain\u2019s Shiite community, a majority in the kingdom ruled by the Sunni Al Khalifa dynasty, has complained of marginalisation. …source<\/a><\/p>\n

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