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Amnesty International (AI) on Human Rights Violations in Bahrain
On June 3, AI said Bahraini and Saudi forces continue to commit human rights violations, including lawless killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, other abuses, discriminatory job dismissals, and military court lynchings.
Moreover, authorities haven't allowed independent investigations of extreme government violence, including use of excessive and lethal force against nonviolent protesters and medical workers helping the wounded.
A Final Comment
In April, BCHR President Nabeel Rajab said America's media were told not to cover brutal Bahraini violence, saying:
"In the US, some news agencies and TV stations were asked not to report on Bahrain, and not to embarrass" Obama who fully supports it. At the same time, while terror bombing Libya, he falsely accuses Gaddafi of human rights violations for actions independent observers call self-defense against Western-backed insurgents, cutthroat killers targeting anyone suspected of pro-regime sympathies.
America's media obliged, ignoring Bahraini state terror while vilifying Gaddafi for justifiable self-defense. In contrast, independent journalists can't be bribed or intimidated.
Reporting on what's really happening in both countries, they reveal Western-backed violence and brutality against anyone challenging entrenched pro-Western regimes and America's imperial interests, backed by bipartisan consensus under all US administrations, each new one worse than its predecessor.
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