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Bahrain Detains at Least 32 Doctors

HeadlineApr 22, 2011

In news from Bahrain, at least 32 doctors—including surgeons, physicians, pediatricians and obstetricians—have reportedly been arrested and detained over the past month. Human rights groups say the arrests are part of a campaign of intimidation that runs directly counter to the Geneva Convention guaranteeing medical care to people wounded in conflict. The Independent of London reports one doctor, an intensive care specialist, was held after she was photographed weeping over a dead protester. Another was arrested while operating on a patient.

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