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Innocent people are shot and killed. Some are executed in cold blood. Others are beaten, arrested, and imprisoned. Justice is a four-letter word.
Principles relating to Effective Prevention and Investigation call for careful examination of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary executions, and other security force violence. Authorities whitewash state-sponsored crimes instead of prosecuting offenders.
King Hamad bears full responsibility. Bahraini law is what he says it is. Equity, justice and freedom don't have a chance.
Activists challenging state repression may end up dead by gun shots, lethal gas or slit throats. Obama wholeheartedly endorses what legitimate leaders condemn. Fundamental human and civil rights don't have a chance.
A Final Comment
On November 7, Bahrain revoked the citizenship of 31 activists. An interior ministry statement announced it. Doing so coincided with more state-sponsored violence and arrests.
Prominent opposition figures affected include:
(1) Saaed Shehabi, a London-based Bahraini political activist and Bahrain Freedom Movement member.
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