Head of the Bahrain Nursing Society Tortured

Among the medics sentenced to 15 years in prison is Roula Al-Saffar, the head of the Bahrain Nursing Society, who spent over four months in custody before her court proceedings began. She studied at Widener University in Pennsylvania and at the University of North Texas. She also worked for many years as a nurse at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. She was interviewed by Human Rights First's Brian Dooley (seen in the top right hand corner of the screen) via Skype.

Like many other civilians targeted during the government crackdown on peaceful protests, the medics were tried in a military court. Many were held in incommunicado detention for several weeks without access to lawyers or family. They claim their confessions were extracted under torture.

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