AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Press TV
Friday

12 August 2011

7:30:00 PM
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Bahrain fires anti-regime medical staff

Bahrain's health ministry has announced that it will fire 23 medical staff members for supporting the anti-regime protests that have rocked the Persian Gulf sheikdom.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The ministry further added that investigations are waiting for more than 420 other workers over their alleged connections with the protesters.

Moreover, the country's officials have said that suspended workers can only return to their jobs if they promise to follow government laws and regulations.

Hundreds of public sector employees have lost their jobs since the anti-regime demonstrations against the Al Khalifa dynasty began in mid-February.

Scores of protesters have since been killed and many more arrested, including doctors and nurses, in the violent US and Saudi-backed crackdown on peaceful protesters.

Additionally, some doctors have been kidnapped by security forces of the regime.

The United Nations Human Rights office has criticized the Bahraini regime for its violations of international law by cracking down on activists and medical staff.

“It is vital that the authorities in Bahrain scrupulously abide by international standards. People should not be arbitrarily arrested, they should not be detained without clear evidence of their committed or recognized crime," said Rupert Colville, the U's human rights spokesperson, in May.

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