New evidence of Al Khalifa regime's brutality has emerged in Bahrain, with a policeman hitting a female protester with an iron skewer.
The disturbing images which appeared on Monday showed the woman had suffered serious head injuries because of the police brutality.
Earlier in the day, the regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa admitted to the use of “excessive force” against pro-democracy protesters.
Information Affairs Authority said a government probe had shown that there have been "instances of excessive force and mistreatment of detainees" during months of protests and crackdowns.
According to the statement, authorities have also begun prosecuting 20 officers involved in the crackdown, adding that more steps will be taken.
The statement came two days ahead of a report by a fact-finding mission set up by the Bahraini government to investigate reports of the mistreatment of anti-regime detainees
Head of Bahrain's Independent Commission of Inquiry Cherif Bassiouni said earlier this month that the Manama government has used the systematic policy of torture against protesters.
The commission is due to present its final report to King Hamad on November 23, 2011.
Since mid-February, thousands of anti-government protesters have been staging regular demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.
On March 14, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded the country to assist the Bahraini government in its crackdown on the peaceful protesters.
According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds arrested in the crackdown.
Physicians for Human Rights says doctors and nurses have been detained, tortured, or disappeared because they have "evidence of atrocities committed by the authorities, security forces and riot police" in the crackdown on anti-government protesters.
source : http://abna.ir
