Urgent Appeal to Honorable Madam Navy Pillay
Urgent appeal-----------------------Honorable Madam Navy PillayUN High Commissioner for Human RightsPalais Wilson- GenevaUnited NationsDear Mrs. Pillay, The Bahrain Human Rights Society sends you its warmest regards and appeals to your excellencyto urgentlyintervene to stop the severe violations of human rights committedtodayby the Bahraini authorities, as represented by the police forces, the anti-riot forces, the national security agency apparatus as well as armed “civil” militias th...
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Memorandum on Grave Abuses of Human Rights in Bahrain
A group of activists called on Facebook for peaceful demonstrations at 3pm on the 14th February outside the Bahraini capital Manama. The turnout was overwhelming as thousands protested peacefully in their villages. The demands included the dismissal of the government, the drafting of a new constitution by an elected assembly, the release of political prisoners and the investigation of human rights abuses.
Early on, the protests were cracked dow...
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