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Documented Reports of Assault, Insults Against Detained Shiite Scholars in Bahrain

The Salam Organization for Democracy and Human Rights, condemning documented reports of mistreatment of a number of detained Shiite scholars in Bahrain, including assault, sectarian insults, threats of sexual assault, threats of revocation of citizenship, and coercion to sign interrogation minutes, called for an immediate, independent, and impartial investigation into these cases.