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June 14th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Despite the reduced sentences, there are still calls for the complete acquittal of all the defendants. “This is an unjust ruling, they are innocent. They should be trying the authorities, not these doctors,” said Tewfik Dhaif, uncle of two of the men who were sentenced.
Most of the medics had already served jail time but were released last year after allegations they had been tortured whilst in custody. One of the defendants, Dr Nada Dhaif, told the BBC that before signing a confession while blindfolded, she was beaten, threatened with rape and given electric shocks by security forces.
The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, the government panel established to study last year’s unrest against the ruling Sunni Al Khalifa family has confirmed that the medics were tortured whilst in custody.
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