Bahraini Doctors Released, Hunger Strike Continues
A special Bahraini court has released 20 medics being tried for their role in a several month-long pro-democracy protests, including many who had gone on hunger strike.
The so-called national safety court, set up under an emergency military law declared by Bahraini King Hamad Bin Thani, said the verdict will be issued on September 29, BNA reported late Wednesday.
Bahraini authorities had charged 24 doctors and 23 nurses - including several women, who had worked at Manama's central Salmaniya hospital, of incitement to overthrow the regime.
Many informed that they have been tortured in custody.
Anti-state charges against the doctors have not yet been dropped and the military court is expected to announce ruling on September 29, which means they could be re-arrested.
Their release came after doctors from Ireland, the UK, the US, and France announced that they will also start a 24-hour hunger strike to express solidarity with detained Bahraini medics.
According to Nabeel Rajab, the head of the Bahraini Center for Human Rights, hundreds of anti-government detainees have joined the strike and that the number of prisoners on hunger strike has passed 200.
Some of the medics have been reported to be in critical condition and hospitalized.
Source : ABNA, Press TV , Translated and Edited by: moqawama.org team
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