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al Khalifa regime intensifies brutality across Bahrain against pro-democracy movement as Obama circumvents Congressional restrictions to complete weapons sales to Kingdom of Bahrain

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Bahrain crackdown continues
UPI – Isa Ebrahim – 27 January, 2012


Opposition protesters run to cover after being fired upon by police during an opposition march in Riffa, Bahrain, south of the capital Manama on March 11, 2011. Bahraini anti-riot police clashed with opposition protesters on the outskirts of Riffa after pro-government supporters were able to pass through police lines and attack the opposition march. Nearly 800 people were injured according to the health ministry, mainly due to tear-gas inhalation.

MANAMA, Bahrain, Jan. 27 (UPI) — Bahrain has continued to assault anti-government protesters despite pledging last year to honor international norms, witnesses said.

Witnesses told the BBC that security forces were operating against international norms in Bahrain. The broadcaster added that it reviewed photographs of those caught up in street demonstrations and observed signs of abuse on the bodies of some protesters.

Amnesty International said it had evidence to suggest security forces appeared to be using tear gas inappropriately.

“The Bahraini authorities must investigate and account for the reports of more than a dozen deaths following tear gas use,” Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy Middle East and North Africa director for Amnesty International, said in a statement. “The security forces must be instructed on how to use tear gas in line with international policing standards.”

The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry in a 513-page report published late last year concluded that state security forces used unnecessary lethal force during a crackdown on Shiite demonstrators in early 2011. The Sunni-led government in Manama said it was considering the guidance spelled out in the BICI reports.

At least 40 people died in the uprising and the commission said at least nine deaths were attributable to the country’s Interior Ministry.
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