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Medical Professionals Are Again Targeted with Arrest of President of Bahrain Medical Society and Charges Against 47 Others For Treating Injured Protesters
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, May 4, 2011Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Bahraini Parliament Renews Repressive ‘State of Emergency,’ Crackdown Continues, Fueling Human Rights Crisis, Says Amnesty InternationalMedical Professionals Are Again Targeted with Arrest of President of Bahrain Medical Society and Charges Against 47 Others For Treating Injured Protesters(New York) -- The Bahraini government must end its relentless crackdown on human rights, Amnesty International said today after the country's parliament voted to extend a repressive state of emergency amid continued arrests of dissidents. "The Bahraini authorities must stop detaining anyone who opposes them and release protesters who have been…
May 6, 2011
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Medical Professionals Are Again Targeted with Arrest of President of Bahrain Medical Society and Charges Against 47 Others For Treating Injured Protesters
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, May 4, 2011Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Bahraini Parliament Renews Repressive ‘State of Emergency,’ Crackdown Continues, Fueling Human Rights Crisis, Says Amnesty InternationalMedical Professionals Are Again Targeted with Arrest of President of Bahrain Medical Society and Charges Against 47 Others For Treating Injured Protesters(New York) -- The Bahraini government must end its relentless crackdown on human rights, Amnesty International said today after the country's parliament voted to extend a repressive state of emergency amid continued arrests of dissidents. "The Bahraini authorities must stop detaining anyone who opposes them and release protesters who have been…
May 6, 2011
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Amnesty International Raises ?Great Fears? About Fairness of Secret Military Court Proceedings in Bahrain, Resulting in Death Sentences for Four Anti-Government Protesters
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, April 28, 2011Amnesty International Raises “Great Fears” About Fairness of Secret Military Court Proceedings in Bahrain, Resulting in Death Sentences for Four Anti-Government ProtestersFour Hundred Cases Reportedly Referred to Military CourtContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected](New York) – Amnesty International urged Bahrain not to carry out the execution of four protesters who were given death sentences today after trial by a military court behind closed doors for killing two police officers during anti-government demonstrations. The organization also said it had “great fears” about the fairness of the judicial process to which 400 additional cases have…
May 6, 2011
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Amnesty International Raises ?Great Fears? About Fairness of Secret Military Court Proceedings in Bahrain, Resulting in Death Sentences for Four Anti-Government Protesters
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, April 28, 2011Amnesty International Raises “Great Fears” About Fairness of Secret Military Court Proceedings in Bahrain, Resulting in Death Sentences for Four Anti-Government ProtestersFour Hundred Cases Reportedly Referred to Military CourtContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected](New York) – Amnesty International urged Bahrain not to carry out the execution of four protesters who were given death sentences today after trial by a military court behind closed doors for killing two police officers during anti-government demonstrations. The organization also said it had “great fears” about the fairness of the judicial process to which 400 additional cases have…
May 6, 2011
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Bahrain: “Disturbing, Damning Evidence” of Bahrain’s Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protestors Including Live Ammunition Fired at Close Range
Bahrain?s security forces used live ammunition at close range and targeted peaceful protestor?s heads, chests and abdomens...
March 27, 2011
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Bahrain: “Disturbing, Damning Evidence” of Bahrain’s Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protestors Including Live Ammunition Fired at Close Range
Bahrain?s security forces used live ammunition at close range and targeted peaceful protestor?s heads, chests and abdomens...
March 27, 2011
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Evidence of Bahraini security forces’ brutality revealed
Amnesty International reveals evidence of the Bahraini security forces' systematic use of excessive force in cracking down...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Evidence of Bahraini security forces’ brutality revealed
Amnesty International reveals evidence of the Bahraini security forces' systematic use of excessive force in cracking down...
March 27, 2011
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With a New Crackdown on Protests in Bahrain, Amnesty International Calls on Countries Including the United States to Suspend Weapons Supplies to the Country
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150. [email protected] a New Crackdown on Protests in Bahrain, Amnesty International Calls on Countries Including the United States to Suspend Weapons Supplies to the CountryWith Fresh Violence and as Many as Eight People Dead, Amnesty International Reveals “Damning Evidence” of Excessive Force in February Assault on Pearl Roundabout(New York) – As new violence erupts in Bahrain, Amnesty International Wednesday called for countries including the United States to immediately suspend the supply of weaponry and munitions to Bahrain as a new investigation foundsecurity forces there used live ammunition at close range and targeted peaceful protestor’s heads, chests and…
March 27, 2011
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With a New Crackdown on Protests in Bahrain, Amnesty International Calls on Countries Including the United States to Suspend Weapons Supplies to the Country
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150. [email protected] a New Crackdown on Protests in Bahrain, Amnesty International Calls on Countries Including the United States to Suspend Weapons Supplies to the CountryWith Fresh Violence and as Many as Eight People Dead, Amnesty International Reveals “Damning Evidence” of Excessive Force in February Assault on Pearl Roundabout(New York) – As new violence erupts in Bahrain, Amnesty International Wednesday called for countries including the United States to immediately suspend the supply of weaponry and munitions to Bahrain as a new investigation foundsecurity forces there used live ammunition at close range and targeted peaceful protestor’s heads, chests and…
March 27, 2011
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Bahrain: Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Must Rein in Security Forces as Polic Open Fire on Protestors, Killing One and Injuring Many Others
Amnesty International called on the governments of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia today to immediately restrain their security...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Bahrain: Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Must Rein in Security Forces as Polic Open Fire on Protestors, Killing One and Injuring Many Others
Amnesty International called on the governments of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia today to immediately restrain their security...
March 27, 2011