Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has published a list of people killed in Bahrain since February 2011. The data that was posted on the organization’s web site on February 2014 specifies as many as 100 deaths of civilians and activist who were killed by government forces.
The anti-Shia government of Bahrain has used direct shots, teargas, torture, and denial of medical attention in order to suppress the peaceful pro-democracy protest in this country.
Shia Muslims, that make the majority of the population in Bahrain, have been denied equality and have been treated as second class citizens who have no access to higher education and employment. In fact, since the peaceful protest, many of the civilians’ citizenships have been evoked, many were arrested and as the list details, many lost their lives.
SRW condemns the violence that the Bahraini government is using against its Shia population. SRW, along with other human rights organizations, has been advocating for the rights of Shia Muslims. It is unfortunate that the government and some NGOs ignore the situation of Shia Muslims and accuse this population of dependency on Iranian government. SRW declares that Shia are of different nationalities and are loyal to their countries. Such accusation is faulty and must not be a reason to violate Shia rights.
SRW believes nonviolence is the best method to advocate for rights and urges the Bahraini government to treat all its citizens equally in order to ease the unrest in this country. Although the king promised reform, no actual action was taken to bring freedom and peace to Bahrain.
The list can be accessed through the BCHR website.
