Putting Money Before Human Rights

teddy_303

Just saw this report online, but nowhere on irish media. Interesting...

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Prestigious college slammed for silence over detained Bahraini medics

The families of medics unlawfully detained in Bahrain have accused the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) of putting financial investment interests above human rights after the college refused to make a public statement concerning the fate of Bahraini members held incommunicado by the regime.

The ongoing brutal crackdown by the Bahraini state against the pro-democracy movement, which began on March 16 after the Saudi-led military forces entered the country, has resulted in more than 30 civilian deaths and nearly 1,000 persons held in secret detention centres. Among the detainees are more than 30 medical staff, including senior doctors, nurses and paramedics whom the US-backed Sunni rulers accuse of supporting anti-government protesters.


Several of the missing medics are members of the RCSI, having conducted their training in Dublin, Ireland. They include senior consultants Ghassan Dhaif, Baser Dhaif and Ali Al Ekri. The latter was arrested on March 17 while performing surgery at Salmaniya Medical Complex, the country’s largest public hospital, when Saudi-led forces commandeered the facility. Colleagues were assaulted and threatened as Dr Al Ekri was forcibly taken into custody. His whereabouts and that of the other medics remain unknown, with legal representation being denied to them. Dr Al Ekri, who trained in Dublin between 2000 and 2002, is an internationally respected surgeon who was awarded a medal of honour in 2009 for life-saving work on Palestinian victims of Israel’s murderous onslaught in Gaza.


However, the RSCI has pointedly declined to issue a report on its fact-finding mission to Bahrain or a statement concerning the illegal detention of its members. Asked about concern for the safety and well-being of its members, including Dr Al Ekri, the college’s head of communications in Dublin said: “The Royal College of Surgeons Ireland is making no further public statement on the matter.”


The RCSI’s refusal to make a statement is in contrast to several international bodies, such as the United Nations Human Rights Committee, Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders and the US-based Physicians for Human Rights, which have condemned the Bahraini government for its maltreatment of medics in the wake of the ruthless repression against the mainly Shia-led pro-democracy movement.

As part of the state of emergency declared by Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on March 14, all public hospitals and medical centres have been taken over by military forces, which resulted in medics and hundreds of injured patients suspected of involvement in anti-government protests being detained.

The whereabouts of the missing medics and patients remain unknown and there are deep concerns for their safety. The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights says that detainees held by the state are “routinely subjected to torture”. In the last week, four detainees have died while in custody, their bodies showing signs of severe maltreatment.


During its five-day mission to Bahrain, families of the missing medics said that they were not contacted by the RSCI fact-finding team. A statement by relatives said: “We are bitterly disappointed that the RCSI team did not make contact with the families of the doctors who have been detained. We are also disappointed that the college has not made a public statement protesting the unlawful treatment of its members by the Bahraini state. These doctors did nothing wrong except treat people who were badly injured by Bahraini state forces. The lack of support from the RCSI to the families of these doctors is only adding to our anguish and despair.”

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Full report is at the following link:

http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/04/detained-bahraini-medics-brutal.html

starbelgrade

Admit it. That's your blog.

teddy_303

Afraid not...

Badgermonkey

The blogs 9/11 Truth section:

It seemed like I was the only one who knew what was going on. As soon as the first tower collapsed I knew as a 13 year old that that was not the result of an airplane crash. It was simply impossible. Then the next tower falls in the same free falling manor. I knew that someone had planned this very well, but I did not know who that was.

Orando Broom

Human rights doesn't buy you happiness.

Badgermonkey

Badgermonkey wrote: »

The blogs 9/11 Truth section:

Then the next tower falls in the same free falling manor.

A tower fell in a free falling house? lol

Badgermonkey

bluewolf wrote: »

A tower fell in a free falling house? lol

Hope lord of the manor escaped unscathed.

seamus

What is this nonsense?

A private company's staff have been detained in a foreign country and the company have declined to make a statement about it. So what? They're perfectly entitled to.

Perhaps it didn't occur to you that they fear making the situation worse by making a statement about it. They could be in negotiations for all anyone knows.

Sykk

tl;dr

teddy_303

seamus wrote: »

What is this nonsense?

A private company's staff have been detained in a foreign country and the company have declined to make a statement about it. So what? They're perfectly entitled to.

Perhaps it didn't occur to you that they fear making the situation worse by making a statement about it. They could be in negotiations for all anyone knows.

They are a semi state registered charity...

hip_priest

How can a registered charity in receipt of Irish taxpayers money pump €100,000,000 into a desert on the other side of the world?

Could use that money here at home I think..

teddy_303

Would be considerate if they contacted the abducted staff members families to let them know whats going on. Most likely they are not getting the 5 star treatment...

hip_priest

I just hope someone is making an effort on their behalf, and they get home safe..

ScumLord

teddy_303 wrote: »

The RCSI’s refusal to make a statement is in contrast to several international bodies, such as the United Nations Human Rights Committee, Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders and the US-based Physicians for Human Rights, which have condemned the Bahraini government for its maltreatment of medics in the wake of the ruthless repression against the mainly Shia-led pro-democracy movement.

What have the RCSI got in common with media whores? Nothing apparently.

hip_priest

Point being?

Given the lax approach of such institutions in regard to doing business with murderous despots, while being funded by the Irish tax payer to the value mentioned, €100 m, why would a comparison between the above be relevant in your opinion?