While our mainstream media focuses almost entirely on the war in Libya, and, to a lesser extent, on the uprising in Syria, the conflict in Bahrain and the government's (with the help of Saudi troops) brutal crushing of dissent seems to have disappeared from the news coverage. This article helps us to stay informed.
Although anecdotal, overwhelming corroborating testimony from eyewitnesses and treating physicians removes all doubt that egregious violations of international law, specifically articles of the 4th Geneva Convention pertaining to the protection of civilian hospitals, occurred. Human Rights Watch decried the detention of civil rights workers and physicians who spoke out against the abuse of civilians.
