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Post by dait on Nov 23, 2011 22:49:28 GMT -5
Bahrain's security forces used excessive force to suppress pro-democracy protests earlier this year, torturing detainees to get confessions, an inquiry panel charged with investigating abuses has said. The government-commissioned report acknowledged five people had been tortured to death but said abuses were isolated incidents. However the inquiry panel, led by Egyptian-American international law expert Cherif Bassiouni, dismissed Bahrain's allegation of Iranian interference in fomenting unrest, saying that was not supported by any evidence. "In many cases security agencies in the government of Bahrain resorted to excessive and unnecessary force," Mr Bassiouni said at the king's palace, adding that some detainees suffered electric shocks, and beatings with rubber hoses and wires. Bahrain's Shia-led opposition reacted coolly to the report, some saying it did not go far enough while others complained that those responsible for the abuses remained in office.
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