Bahrain doctors jailed for treating injured protesters

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Source: The Guardian

Twenty Bahraini medics who treated activists wounded during anti-government protests were jailed for between five and 15 years in sentences that were immediately denounced by medical bodies and human rights groups around the world.

The sentences were handed down by a military court set up to handle the trials, which stemmed from an Arab spring-inspired uprising in the country in February and March. It was crushed with the help of armies from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. Thirteen of the doctors and nurses received sentences of 15 years in prison, while another seven received terms of five to 10 years.

All of the accused were charged with committing crimes against the state, during an uprising they insist was peaceful and popularly inspired.

Most worked at the Salmaniya Medical Centre in Manama, which became a focal point of the tiny Gulf kingdom's uprising. Government officials claimed it had been transformed into a base for a plot to overthrow the 200-year-old monarchy.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/29/bahrain-protester-death-sentence?newsfeed=true

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, our close allies.

[No Elephants]

1. We need the eggs, er, I mean the oil.

Annie Hall

"Alvy Singer: After that it got pretty late, and we both had to go, but it was great seeing Annie again. I... I realized what a terrific person she was, and... and how much fun it was just knowing her; and I... I, I thought of that old joke, y'know, the, this... this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, uh, my brother's crazy; he thinks he's a chicken." And, uh, the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?" The guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs." Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships; y'know, they're totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and... but, uh, I guess we keep goin' through it because, uh, most of us... need the eggs."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686/quotes

[madrchsod]

2. no one else will have the 5th fleet based in their country.

we protect their precious juice but we are`t good enough to invite to their party.

looks like the F1 race in bahraini maybe a thing of the past.


this is what our young men and women along with thousands of others have died for?

[Blue_Tires]

3. Bahrain needs to permanently lose their date on the F1 race calendar

[Jkid]

4. These medics ought to be treated as patriots