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Bahrain Raids Doctors Without Borders Office

HeadlineAug 10, 2011

Doctors Without Borders’ operation in Bahrain has been shut down after state authorities raided the organization’s office. According to Bahraini activists, a young man injured by police while protesting a week ago sought treatment with the international medical group. The next day, more than a dozen police vehicles raided the organization’s office, confiscated furniture, medicine and patient files and arrested the group’s local driver. The Bahraini government has repeatedly targeted medical workers in its efforts to suppress the nation’s opposition movement. The crackdown in Bahrain has received little criticism from the U.S. government, which views the tiny Gulf nation as a strategic ally and is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.

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