Human Rights Watch criticised "failures" in Bahrain's justice system, saying it severely punishes pro-reform protesters while offering impunity to abusive security personnel. "A police ******r in Bahrain who kills a protester in cold blood or beats a detainee to death might face a sentence of six months or maybe two years," said HRW deputy Middle East director Joe Stork in a 64-page report, released Thursday. The report alleges that the kingdom's courts maintain a "highly repressive political order." In **vember 2011, the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry found that security forces had used "excessive force" and tortured detainees in its month-long *****down on dissent. HRW's report criticised "the stark contrast between prosecutions of serious human rights violations by security personnel on the one hand and prosecutions for 'crimes' based on speech and peaceful assembly-related activities on the other." "Bahrain's problem is **t a dysfunctional justice system, but rather a highly functional injustice system," said Stork.
06-04-2014, 02:23 AM
HRW slams 'injustice' in Bahrain courts
Human Rights Watch criticised "failures" in Bahrain's justice system, saying it severely punishes pro-reform protesters while offering impunity to abusive security personnel. "A police ******r in Bahrain who kills a protester in cold blood or beats a detainee to death might face a sentence of six months or maybe two years," said HRW deputy Middle East director Joe Stork in a 64-page report, released Thursday. The report alleges that the kingdom's courts maintain a "highly repressive political order." In **vember 2011, the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry found that security forces had used "excessive force" and tortured detainees in its month-long *****down on dissent. HRW's report criticised "the stark contrast between prosecutions of serious human rights violations by security personnel on the one hand and prosecutions for 'crimes' based on speech and peaceful assembly-related activities on the other." "Bahrain's problem is **t a dysfunctional justice system, but rather a highly functional injustice system," said Stork.
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