of its tourist trade than it is about its human rights record.
Formula One auto racing, one of the centerpieces of Bahrain's
tourist business, recently put a scheduled event on the back
burner. The sponsors of that event will need to be persuaded
that it's safe to drive in Bahrain.
That's going to be a tall order. Because it would be a major
stretch to describe Bahrain as safe. The fact is that King Hamad
-Bin-Isa-Al-Khalifa has unleashed the full fury of the government
security apparatus on peaceful demonstrators. His security
police and army have killed many of these demonstrators.
Hundreds have been wounded. Doctors and nurses who tried to
treat the wounded in a main hospital were arrested, imprisoned,
and scheduled for military trials.
The heads of two of the country's leading unions, nurses and
teachers, were arrested and jailed. They went on a 9-day hunger
strike, and were joined by dozens of other demonstrators who
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