Godtisx:
This concerns me because Medical Staff in regions where there is conflict should be respected. Their work should not be interrupted and I sincerely believe they should not be held for treating people. But from what I am reading there are several human rights violations happening (the violence against Bahraini women a part). But this, and the audio on this page…
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-bahrain
…gives a good overview and context for the problems.What to do? Well Amnesty International has several responses as it applies to the different violations. Please see:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/bahrain
And if you live in NYC and want to join forces in a letter writing campaign – EMAIL ME!
This video is called Free the medics in Bahrain. Roula al-Saffar. Appeal.
From the Irish Medical Times:
TCD student petitions the White House on Bahrain
March 7, 2013 By Lloyd Mudiwa
In support of their medical colleagues in Bahrain, medical students Adam Boissonneault and Megan Clary have jointly constructed a petition on the White House to “withdraw US support of the al-Khalifa regime, which continues to violate the human rights of its citizens”.
The Gulf state has previously rejected any claims of human rights abuses against its own citizens.
The petition by American Boissonneault, a third-year medical student at Trinity College Dublin, and Clary, a second-year medical student at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, can be found at http://wh.gov/vqfP.
UPDATE August 2013: that petition is no longer there.
Formed on February 18, the petition, seeking 100,000 signatures by March 20, had 113 signatures at the…
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