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GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SHIA IN BAHRAIN
Violence, Political Disclusion, and Attacks on the Shia Religious EstablishmentVO LU M E I
Apart in TheirOwn Land
GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SHIA IN BAHRAIN
February 2015
Violence, Political Disclusion, and Attacks on the Shia Religious EstablishmentVO LU M E I
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Table of Contents
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FOREWORD
Executive Director, ADHRB
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METHODOLOGY
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Introduction
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Violence Against Shia
Excessive Force against Peaceful Protests
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Excessive Force in Bahraini Prisons
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Denial of Access to Medicine and Attacks on Healthcare Workers
Bahrain: Attack on the medical profession as doctors and nurses are arrested, detained, abducted and ill-treated,
“I don’t regret doing my duty.” Dr Ali Al Ekri,
Bahrain – Medical professionals subjected to ill treatment in prison to set up body of Medics for Human Rights
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Conclusion
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Political Discrimination
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The Government’s Exclusionary Structure
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Freedom House, 2012,
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Asymmetric Districting
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Demographic Manipulation, Legalistic Coercion, and State Violence
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Middle Bahraini Newspaper]
Middle Bahraini Newspaper]87 BBC
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Middle East Eye,
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Conclusion
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Religious Discrimination
Violence against Shia Clergy and Religious Members
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The Destruction of Mosques and Other Religious Sites
Masjid Kowaikebat
al-Barbaghial-Barbaghi
Al-Barbaghi’s
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Masjid al-Alawaiyat
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Abou Thir al-Ghiffari
Abu Dharr
Abu Talib
Ain Rastan
Al-Baqei
Al-Barbaghi
Al-Douweira
A -Imam al-Baqer
Al-Imam al-Hadi
A -Imam al-Hadi
Al-Imam al-Hasan
Al-Imam al-Jawwad
Al-Imam al-Sajjad
Al-Imam Sadeq
Al-Khadr
Al-Rasool al-A’dham
Al-Sheikh Youssef
Al-Watiya
Al-Wattiya
Fadak al-Zahra
Fatima al-Zahraa
Imam al-Jawad
Imam Ali
Imam Baqer
Imam Hasan al-Askari
Imam Hassan
Kareem Ahl al-Bait
Kowaikebat
Mo’min
Salman al-Faresi
Salman al-Farsi
Sayyeda Zainab
Shaikh Mohammed al-Wasti
Shaikh Abid
Shaikh Ibrahim
Shaikh Mohsin al-Saboor
Sheikh Maytham al-Bahrani
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Legal Actions
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Education and School Curricula
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Bahrain Middle East Newspaper
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Al Wasat Newspaper
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Recommendations
To the Government of Bahrain:
1. Wholly re-examine the systematic use of violence against those who subscribe to the Shia faith:
2. Reconcile the Shia population with the Bahraini political process:
al-Wefaq National Islamic Society
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3. Cease all discriminatory policies against the Shia religious establishment and faith:
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“Olamaa”
To the United Nations:
1. Pressure the Government of Bahrain to end its discriminatory policies against its Shia population:
2. Facilitate the missions of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council:
3. Consider amending the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid to allow it to apply to extremely discriminatory situations of a non-racial character, including situations in which persons face apartheid-like conditions on account of their religion or faith.
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To the International Community, including the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States:
1. Pressure the Government of Bahrain to end its campaign of discrimination against the Shia population by instituting measures against Bahrain similar to those that ended apartheid in South Africa:
2. Cease any and all military training programs provided to the Kingdom of Bahrain until such time as the Bahraini military fully integrates the Shia population;
3. Consider passing a resolution condemning the Bahraini campaign against its Shia population in the United Nations General Assembly, the European Parliament, the US Congress, and the European Parliament;
4. Broaden policy on Bahrain to include bilateral and multilateral approaches to human rights issues and discrimination against specific populations within Bahrain;
5. Provide assistance with training programs to the Bahraini government on best practices to ensure the Shia population is included in government jobs and other areas where the Shia population is not fully represented;
6. Include analysis on the subject of Shia discrimination in any human rights reports released in 2015, including the United States Department of State Human Rights Report and the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth Office Report; and
7. Consider amending the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid to allow it to apply to extremely discriminatory situations of a non-racial character, including situations in which persons face apartheid-like conditions on account of their religion or faith.
