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"Mr President, since the outbreak of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’, there have also been regular peaceful demonstrations in Bahrain. The regime has responded extremely brutally, however, and dozens of demonstrators have been injured or killed as a result.
It is also very sad to learn that doctors who treated injured demonstrators, as they are bound to do by their code of honour, have been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for anti-government activity. Treating the wounded is a duty under international humanitarian law and Bahrain is also a signatory to the Geneva Convention.
It is not just the Bahraini security forces that are guilty here, however, as Saudi troops, equipped with Western weapons, were also involved in the massacres.
We must therefore demand that Bahrain should consistently observe human rights and that a truly democratic process should take place. We must take care to ensure that Sharia law is not cemented in place via the back door."@en1
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