NOVANEWS
Stop Targeting Medics, Patients, Health Facilities
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The attacks on medics and wounded protesters have been part of an official policy of retribution against Bahrainis who supported pro-democracy protests. Medical personnel who criticized the severe repression were singled out and jailed, among the more than 1,600 Bahrainis facing solitary confinement and ill-treatment in detention and unfair trials before a special military court.Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch