A special investigation unit will be responsible for investigating accusations of torture, abuse and mistreatment of prisoners that may have been committed by government officials, Bahrain's Al-Watan reported Tuesday (February 28th.)
The unit will have authority to determine criminal responsibility for these cases, according to Ali al-Boainain, Bahrain's attorney general.
According to the newspaper, the unit will be responsible for investigating incidents that occurred during the 2011 demonstrations that were included in the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry's report.
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حسن محمود
2012-8-10
The Bahraini people should work on burying the strife and searching for correct solutions to face strives that spread in their community. As we all know, Bahrain suffered from many problems as a result of radical differences between the government and citizens. Everyone should know that what takes place in Bahrain, if continued as it is, will incur so much blood and that is what any citizen does not want to take place in his country, much like what happened to many other Arab countries from murders to destruction for their communities. Bahrain is not a very rich country and that is why the Bahraini citizen suffers like any other citizens. Therefore, we find them suffering from many social problems but at the same time they do not want strives to increase inside their communities. Stability and love should be the things they search for in order to cross to the safe side without any more victims like the other Arab countries. This is the duty of the citizen in his homeland but the government should also provide as much effort as possible in solving the problems of the Bahraini citizens and should search for positive solutions in order to prevent the repetition of these problems.