AhlulBayt News Agency

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Friday

17 June 2011

7:30:00 PM
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UN Must Take a Tougher Line Against Bahrain and Threaten Sanctions

Now the US has put Bahrain on the UN Human Rights Abusers list, the Government must take a tougher line and threaten sanctions.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Now the US has put Bahrain on the UN Human Rights Abusers list, the Government must take a tougher line and threaten sanctions.

To date 1,109 people have been detained and 61 prisoners have "disappeared"; 867 are still detained of whom 77 have been convicted out of the 82 tried.

These trials take place with no defence lawyers and confessions have been obtained under duress, with the prisoner not seeing what they're signing.

Mr Cameron must stop government support for arms which are then used to attack citizens. It's time to change.

Janet Salmon, Richmond, Surrey

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