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Thursday, 29 May 2014

Bahrain: A System of Injustice

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Duration : 4m 26s
Human Rights Watch found that more than two years after King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa accepted recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) to free peaceful dissenters and hold abusive officials accountable, Bahrain’s courts play a key role in maintaining the country’s highly repressive political order, routinely sentencing peaceful protesters to long prison terms. But members of security forces are rarely prosecuted for unlawful killings, including in detention, and the few convictions have carried extremely light sentences.
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Bahrain: Criminalizing Dissent, Entrenching Impunity
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4m 17s
البحرين ـ نظامٌ للظلم.. إفلات الشرطة من العقاب على أعمال القتل التي ارتكبتها
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4m 26s