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| Immunity for Bahrain's cops in rights violations | |
| 2005-05-19 | |
More than half of the 40 lawmakers voted on Tuesday against a proposal to challenge Decree No. 56 in court, saying the move was not in the interest of national unity. However, Shias say they will disregard the assembly's backing of the decree and will continue their campaign against it. Some warned the move could return the country to violence. Many Shias have taken to the streets calling for annulling the decree passed in 2002. They say the law protects torturers and human rights violators. "It's a shame that lawmakers approved this decree which is totally against human rights," said Abduljalil Singace of the Shia-backed Al Wefaq National Islamic Society said: "If this issue is not resolved, sooner or later it will express itself in some sort of eruption." "Victims are in pain and nobody is listening to their woes, this could be bad," he warned. "Our nation has suffered enough, we don't want to return to the past, we have to continue to move forward," said Ibrahim Al Saeedi, one of 23 members of parliament who voted in favor of the decree. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |