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Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry 805. On 11 April 2011, an episode of the Al Rased show concerning SMC aired on Bahrain Television. 430 Several pictures and videos of accused doctors were aired on the show, and the Assistant Undersecretary for Primary Healthcare also talked about missing medicine and medical equipment. The programme also aired claims that blood bags had been stolen in order to exaggerate injuries and that Asian workers had been targeted. 431 Rumours circulated that protesters had poured blood stolen from SMC on themselves in order to appear injured to the media. 806. Earlier the same day the acting Minister of Health held a press conference to give an update on the status of the MoH. 432 She mentioned that one doctor was leading a group of doctors that aimed to damage Bahrain’s image within the international community by fabricating facts about injured protesters. She also claimed that this doctor asked other doctors to exaggerate injuries. A number of the accused doctors were arrested that day. A followup episode of the same show featured the head of the Bahrain Medical Society, who had recently been appointed by the GoB. He repeated the allegations against the doctors. 433 807. On Saeed Al Hamad’s Bahrain Television programme, aired on 30 May 2011, three of the accused doctors were identified as leaders of a terrorist cell. 434 Two of the accused doctors confessed on the same programme that they had provided false statements to the media. 435 808. In a press conference held on 3 May 2011 by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Justice stated that the GoB possessed strong evidence confirming that doctors had fabricated injuries. 436 He discussed the case of one individual who died: He was admitted into the Salmaniya Medical Complex on 17 February 2011 after he sustained an injury to his thigh. He underwent a surgery in the presence of the media in the operating theatre. However, for the sake of media drama, the surgeon added several wounds to the patient's body. The injured area was deliberately expanded, which caused a haemorrhage that could not be controlled. 437 430 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCO-BL_6swU at 33:00 and 52:00 accessed 5 November 2011. 431 See Chapter VIII, Section A on Attacks on Expatriates. 432 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE2RucjbpOM at 6:33, accessed 5 November 2011. 433 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPMASLO4QHc accessed 5 November 2011. 434 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEDC_H_2C7Q at 9:00 and 23:49, accessed 5 November 2011. 435 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4qloZdvQqk&feature=related accessed 5 November 2011. 436 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waGPqSAviiQ at 26:10, accessed 5 November 2011. 437 Justice and Health Ministers Reveal Doctors' Crimes During Recent Unrest, Bahrain News Agency (3 May 2011), http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/455193 accessed 5 November 2011. 206
Chapter V — Events at Salmaniya Medical Complex 809. Two months later, military personnel were identified and charged with manslaughter in the same case, and these allegations against the medical personnel were dropped. 438 Another point raised during the press conference regarded the large quantities of medication and medical equipment that were stolen and taken to the GCC Roundabout. B. Applicable Law 1. International Law 810. Article 19(2) of the ICCPR concerns the right to freedom of expression and provides: Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice. 811. However, article 19(3) provides: The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary: (a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others; (b) For the protection of national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or morals. 812. Article 21, concerning the right to assembly, provides: The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognised. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. 813. Article 32 of the Arab Charter of Human Rights (the Arab Charter) also enshrines the right to freedom of expression: 1. The present Charter guarantees the right to information and to freedom of opinion and expression, as well as the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any medium, regardless of geographical boundaries. 438 Doctors Found innocent concerning the killing of Al Moomen after the trial of a military officer being charged with his death, Al Wasat News (13 August 2011), http://www.alwasatnews.com/3262/news/read/583122/1.html accessed 5 November 2011 (Arabic Text). 207
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