Thank you for posting this. I had no idea all this was going on. I knew Bahrain had violently responded to their “Arab Spring” movement but the reality there goes far beyond what little we see in the American news.
This video from Bahrain says about itself:
May 27, 2011
BAHRAINI WOMEN ARE SUFFERING! PLEASE HELP THEM!
Over 100 girls imprisoned
cases of rape and sexual assault
threats and physical assaults
humiliated and violently attacked
their husbands and family members imprisoned
houses raided at nightit continues till today but everyone turns a blind eye
please help them and demand the release of women prisoners
From the Bahrain Center for Human Rights:
20 Aug, 2013
Report to The Committee On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrinination Against Women
On the occasion of the review of Bahrain‘s Third Periodic Report at the Committee’s pre-sessional working group, July 2013
Submitted by The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) with the support of FIDH
In cooperation with Caram Asia and with the support of FIDH, BCHR submitted an alternative report to the Committee in 2008. This report focused on the situation…
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