Oct 9, 2012

Bahrain: King Should Quash Convictions

Bahrain: King Should Quash Convictions:
Human Rights Watch called on King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to expunge the convictions and criminal records of nine medical personnel whose sentences were upheld by the appeals court because the convictions were based in part on confessions obtained by torture and in proceedings that were fundamentally unfair.
(Beirut) –Bahrain’s ruler should order the release of doctors and medical personnel jailed on October 2, 2012 following an appeals court failure to reverse their 2011 convictions by a special military court, Human Rights Watch said today.  Human Rights Watch called on King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to expunge the convi
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