Sunday, July 01, 2012

UK & US refuse to sign UN document censuring Bahrain...

Britain and the United States have refused to sign a UN document condemning the ongoing human rights abuses in Bahrain, local media report.

Some major European countries including Germany and France signed the document adopted by the UN Human Rights Council, and called on the tiny Persian Gulf island nation to do more to protect civil liberties in the country.

Bahraini forces, backed by Saudi troops, crushed a pro-democracy uprising in early 2011, but protests have reemerged in recent months despite ongoing repression.

“We express our concern over the human rights situation in Bahrain, both the violations that took place in February and March 2011 as well as the related ongoing ones,” the document said. Full story...

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