{"id":8741,"date":"2020-02-27T13:41:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/8741-hrw-bahrain-s-human-rights-crisis-has-only-worsened\/"},"modified":"2020-02-27T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:41:39","slug":"hrw-bahrain-s-human-rights-crisis-has-only-worsened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/8741-hrw-bahrain-s-human-rights-crisis-has-only-worsened\/","title":{"rendered":"HRW: Bahrain\u2019s Human Rights Crisis Has Only Worsened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Human Rights Watch said in its annual report that it\u2019s been nine years since Bahrain\u2019s February 2011 uprising, however in the years since, Bahrain\u2019s human rights crisis has only worsened.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch said in its annual report that it\u2019s been nine years since Bahrain\u2019s February 2011 uprising, however in the years since, Bahrain\u2019s human rights crisis has only worsened. The authorities have demonstrated a zero-tolerance policy for any free and independent political thought, and they have imprisoned, exiled, or intimidated into silence anyone who criticizes the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization, from the very beginning, Bahraini authorities carried out a systematic campaign of retribution, using lethal force to disperse protests, arresting thousands, and firing hundreds of public sector employees suspected of supporting the protesters\u2019 democratic demands. The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, in its November 2011 report, confirmed the \u201cexistence of an operational plan\u201d to terrorize protesters and concluded that a lack of accountability had led to a \u201cculture of impunity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rights group has also documented routine torture in Bahrain\u2019s prisons, especially during interrogations. Detainees describe electric shocks, suspension in painful positions, forced standing, extreme cold, and sexual abuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain\u2019s allies, including the United States and United Kingdom, seem reluctant to face the reality of what\u2019s happening in the country. During 2019, the U.S. State Department approved three major weapons sales to Bahrain worth 3.4 billion dollars, despite the government\u2019s dismal record on human rights and relentless persecution of dissidents. The United States has also failed to publicly raise human rights concerns with Bahraini authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rights organization added that Bahrain\u2019s allies need to investigate \u2014 and publicly report \u2014 how effective their arms sales and assistance to Bahrain have been.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human Rights Watch said in its annual report that it\u2019s been nine years since Bahrain\u2019s February 2011 uprising, however in the years since, Bahrain\u2019s human rights crisis has only worsened.\u00a0 Human Rights Watch said in its annual report that it\u2019s been nine years since Bahrain\u2019s February 2011 uprising, however in the years since, Bahrain\u2019s human &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1355,71],"class_list":["post-8741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-crisis","tag-human-rights-watch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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