HRW Accuses Bahrain of Violent Repression Against Peaceful Protesters
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused on Wednesday the Bahraini regime of holding a "campaign of violent oppression" against its civilians, further urging it to end its assaults, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.
After the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, Bahraini anti-regime protesters took to the streets on February 14, calling for reform and for the departure of their current tyrant rulers. The regime met these protests with a bloody crackdown, leading to killing and arresting Bahraini civilians.
"The Bahrain government, since March 2011, has been carrying out a punitive and vindictive campaign of violent repression against its own citizens", the HRW statement included.
On his part, HRW's deputy Middle East director, Joe Stork was quoted as saying, "Bahrain has brutally punished those protesting peacefully for greater freedom and accountability while the US and other allies looked the other way".
Furthermore, the HRW report criticized the ruling Bahraini family stating, "Bahrain's ruling al-Khalifa family has been carrying out a systematic and comprehensive crackdown to punish and intimidate critics and to end dissent".
The New York-based HRW called upon the Bahraini government to "end the unlawful and incommunicado detention, to free protesters unless legitimate criminal charges can be brought against them, and to allow monitoring by independent human rights organizations".
Since the crackdown, the Bahrain regime has been arresting innocent protesters, including doctors and nurses, in addition to athletes, who only expressed solidarity with the pro-reform protesters.
Doubting the potential success of a national dialogue, the HRW report further noted, "The ruling family has stacked the deck in a way that unfortunately makes a resolution (through the dialogue) highly unlikely".
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused on Wednesday the Bahraini regime of holding a "campaign of violent oppression" against its civilians, further urging it to end its assaults, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.
After the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, Bahraini anti-regime protesters took to the streets on February 14, calling for reform and for the departure of their current tyrant rulers. The regime met these protests with a bloody crackdown, leading to killing and arresting Bahraini civilians.
"The Bahrain government, since March 2011, has been carrying out a punitive and vindictive campaign of violent repression against its own citizens", the HRW statement included.
On his part, HRW's deputy Middle East director, Joe Stork was quoted as saying, "Bahrain has brutally punished those protesting peacefully for greater freedom and accountability while the US and other allies looked the other way".
Furthermore, the HRW report criticized the ruling Bahraini family stating, "Bahrain's ruling al-Khalifa family has been carrying out a systematic and comprehensive crackdown to punish and intimidate critics and to end dissent".
The New York-based HRW called upon the Bahraini government to "end the unlawful and incommunicado detention, to free protesters unless legitimate criminal charges can be brought against them, and to allow monitoring by independent human rights organizations".
Since the crackdown, the Bahrain regime has been arresting innocent protesters, including doctors and nurses, in addition to athletes, who only expressed solidarity with the pro-reform protesters.
Doubting the potential success of a national dialogue, the HRW report further noted, "The ruling family has stacked the deck in a way that unfortunately makes a resolution (through the dialogue) highly unlikely".
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