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-- inciting hatred against the regime;
-- promoting sectarian hate;
-- spreading false news and rumors harming the public interest; and
-- participating in unlicensed protests and rallies.
In fact, doctors and nurses are being tried for doing their job. They committed no crimes but are treated like enemies of the state.
Justifying its repression, regime authorities said a military court will try 23 doctors and 24 nurses. "They abused their profession and prevented some people from entering the Salmaniya Hospital (the nation's largest public facility)." In fact, despite extreme repression, they performed heroically, treating sick and wounded patients.
Yet Salmaniya Hospital was falsely called a hotbed of sectarian tension. BCHR said "it is quite clear that it was the presence of military and police inside the hospital which sparked this tension, with security forces interfering with the doctors' work," instigating violence by their actions.
In fact, regime authorities fear medical providers for reflecting the non-sectarian nature of the protests, opposite of what security forces claim.
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