Early on in the Bahraini revolution there came strange information. In fact, ‘strange’ did not seem the right word because the information was unbelievable. Doctors and nurses were being arrested not just for supporting democracy but for treating anybody who had been wounded during the demonstrations.
Doctors and nurses arrested for treating the wounded? Impossible! As every decent person knows, all medics are professionally- and duty-bound to treat the wounded. Such duty shows humans at their best and is a key part of any definition of civilisation. Surely the strange information could not be true.
Yet it was true. In the most fundamental way, civilisation was being overthrown on the orders of Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain. Believe it or not, this King likes to think of himself as moral, likes to think of himself as cultured, and likes to think of himself as educated which, taken with the realities of being an absolute monarch, no doubt explains why he always insists on being addressed as “Your Majesty” . Full story...
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Doctors and nurses arrested for treating the wounded? Impossible! As every decent person knows, all medics are professionally- and duty-bound to treat the wounded. Such duty shows humans at their best and is a key part of any definition of civilisation. Surely the strange information could not be true.
Yet it was true. In the most fundamental way, civilisation was being overthrown on the orders of Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain. Believe it or not, this King likes to think of himself as moral, likes to think of himself as cultured, and likes to think of himself as educated which, taken with the realities of being an absolute monarch, no doubt explains why he always insists on being addressed as “Your Majesty” . Full story...
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