22.07.2013, 14:25
Kleine "Reichskristallnacht" in Bahrain:
Zitat:22 Jul, 2013<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/6244">http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/6244</a><!-- m -->
Bahrain: Crackdown Worsens as the Authorities Incite Sectarian Violence Following an Alleged Terror Blast in Pro-Government Area
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is gravely concerned over the worsening crackdown and massive human rights violations committed by the Bahraini authorities following an alleged terror blast targeting a mosque at a pro-government area. There is particular concern in regards to how the authorities are using the incident to incite and promote sectarian hatred and violence.
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The BCHR has documented 60 cases of illegal arrests, 140 shotgun injuries, and over 150 house raids in just the last five days.
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In an ongoing and escalating campaign of discrimination against Shiaa Muslims, the BCHR has documented 5 cases in the last five days in which Shiaa mosques and places of worship were attacked and vandalized.
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Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) believes that the Bahraini authorities are deliberately using the incident to incite violence and a sectarian split in order to distort the image of the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain, and to commit further human rights violations under the pretext of 'taking the appropriate measures'. The BCHR calls on the United States, the United Kingdom, the UN and all other allies and relevant institutions to put pressure on the Government of Bahrain to:
- Undertake appropriate measure to prevent incitement to violence, hatred, and sectarianism.
- Immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Bahrain
- An immediate independent investigation, which is both fair and transparent, into the alleged blast near the mosque in Rifaa as well as into the cases of attacked and vandalized mosques and places of worships in all other areas.
- To stop pursuing the policy of the collective punishment and harassing the people of the villages that witness the public protests
- An end to the culture of impunity that governs the police forces, and sweeping reforms to ensure that transparency and accountability are guaranteed.
- Immediately stop the targeting of Shia mosques and places of worship.
- Fully reconstruct the destroyed mosques and worship places and assume responsibility for all the damages and vandalism caused to these religious establishments.