{"id":9781,"date":"2012-05-15T12:41:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T19:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9781"},"modified":"2012-05-15T12:41:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T19:41:57","slug":"bahrain-court-of-injustice-extends-charade-trial-with-another-delay-in-medics-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9781","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain court of injustice extends charade trial with another delay in Medics appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHR Decries Postponement in Bahrain Medics Retrial<\/strong><br \/>\n15 May, 2012 &#8211; POMED &#8211; PHR<\/p>\n<p>The retrial of twenty Bahraini medics, which was already delayed once in March, has been delayed yet again until June, drawing criticism from human rights groups such as Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). PHR called for the charges to be dropped against all medics, in addition to an investigation into their allegations of torture while being detained. Nabeel Hameed, one of the doctors facing trial, said he was arrested and brutalized after treating protesters. \u201dWe became automatic witnesses,\u201d Hameed said, \u201cThat\u2019s a problem. When we saw protesters, straightaway we became automatic witnesses. And to take our credibility away, accuse us of a crime.\u201d Richard Sollom of PHR says the prosecution of the doctors \u201cepitomizes a disturbing sectarian chasm that must be addressed and breached,\u201d and adds, \u201cPresident Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron could lend their support in this regard with more outspoken criticism of their ally\u2019s human rights record.\u201d The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland also spoke out for the medics, writing, \u201cWe believe the future for Bahrain has to be one of dialogue and reconciliation. We will continue to contribute through education and continue to advocate for just outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ) released a statement condemning the Bahraini government\u2019s decision to revoke permission to visit the Gulf kingdom, and signed a joint letter to Bahrain\u2019s director of human rights organizations. <a href=\"http:\/\/pomed.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/phr-decries-postponement-in-bahrain-medics-retrial.html\/#.T7KwrPKYZp8\" 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%3D9781&amp;text=Bahrain+court+of+injustice+extends+charade+trial+with+another+delay+in+Medics+appeal&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHR Decries Postponement in Bahrain Medics Retrial 15 May, 2012 &#8211; POMED &#8211; PHR The retrial of twenty Bahraini medics, which was already delayed once in March, has been delayed yet again until June, drawing criticism from human rights groups such as Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). PHR called for the charges to be dropped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9781#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":[1193],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9781"}],"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=9781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9782,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9781\/revisions\/9782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}