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Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry for medical equipment to be sent to the tent at the GCC Roundabout. 383 One accused drew attention to the fact that the Gathering of National Unity, a progovernment political group, claimed publicly in the Al Watan Newspaper on 13 August that they had organised a voluntary committee in Muharraq in February. 384 This committee took medicine and equipment from, and liaised with, MoH officials. He considered this to be proof that voluntary medical committees were allowed to be set up by parties other than those at the GCC Roundabout, and that they were allowed access to MoH medicine and equipment, but they were not charged and arrested. 767. Regarding the accusation that medical personnel used ambulances for illegal purposes, the University of Bahrain has submitted a report in which it claimed that ambulances were used to transport armed protesters in the clashes that occurred at its campus on 13 March 2011. 385 One ambulance driver stated that a doctor asked him to transport an individual who was not hurt at all. 386 An ambulance paramedic stated that he did not receive any orders from any of the accused medical personnel regarding ambulance movement between 14 February and 17 March 2011, except from the Head of Ambulance Services. 387 A supervisor in the ambulance section, a paramedic and an assistant paramedic gave similar accounts. 388 768. There is also some controversy as to whether the ambulances were used to support the activities of the demonstrators by transporting them from the GCC Roundabout to the University of Bahrain. According to the statement submitted to the Commission by the accused medical personnel, medical personnel did not facilitate the use of ambulances by protesters: All ambulances [in] the period from 14th February till 16th March 2011 were operated in accordance with the rules and regulations set by MoH and led by the assigned staff. They were staffed by paramedics appointed by SMC. There were no breaches of these regulations. 389 (7) Unlawful detention of patients 769. The main allegations regarding unlawful detention relate to the events that took place on 13 March, following clashes between protesters and expatriates. A video shows three injured expatriates of Asian background, with their hands tied, being pushed into SMC by medical personnel. 390 The 383 Files provided to the Commission by lawyer for some of the accused medical personnel. 384 Interview with the Commission, 30 July 2011. 385 Report prepared by the University of Bahrain entitled “Actions Taken by the University of Bahrain in connection with the Events that Took Place in February and March 2011”. 386 Interview with the Commission, 30 July 2011. 387 Minutes of court hearing on 7 September 2011 in Case No. 191 of 2011 (Defence witness statements). 388 Minutes of court hearing on 7 September 2011 in Case No. 191 of 2011 (Defence witness statements). 389 Email sent to the Commission on 13 September 2011 (original English text). 390 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgsMF8q7KAY accessed 4 November 2011. 196
Chapter V — Events at Salmaniya Medical Complex video shows medical personnel standing between the protesters and the injured individuals, with some of the gathered crowd trying to shove and kick the injured expatriates. The role of the medical personnel is disputed. The GoB’s account of events is based on witness statements. One doctor reported that on 13 March he saw two Pakistanis who had been brought to SMC in ambulances with their hands tied behind their backs being attacked by protesters. 391 The doctor referred to in paragraphs 743 and 744 was attacking one of the patients and pulling him violently and he asked the doctor not to “release the handcuffs of the animal”. The doctor also reported seeing him attack other injured patients. 770. One doctor stated that injured Indians and Pakistanis were brought in ambulances to SMC against their will on 13 March. 392 He claimed that he was forced to stop helping the wounded by the accused medical staff. He was told not to remove the ties on their hands. He further reported seeing one of the accused doctors holding Asian patients by their necks. He then took their CPRs 393 and mobile phones from them and asked them where they worked. They replied that they were workers, but then he forced them to say that they worked with the police and that they had taken 20 dinars from the GoB to harm the protesters. He further threatened the patients by telling them that the accused doctors would call their family and that the accused doctors would kill them. 771. A news clip by Al Jazeera shows identification cards for some of the injured who had been brought in to SMC, purportedly identifying them as expatriates who worked for the MoI and other security agencies. 394 772. The Head of the Emergency Section stated that on 13 March 2011 patients of Asian origin were treated by doctors in the Emergency Section and then transferred to BDF Hospital. The transfer took place after the person in charge of security informed him that the patients were in danger, so he coordinated with SMC to have them transferred to BDF Hospital. 395 773. A number of witnesses gave statements to the Commission in which they denied these allegations. According to the statement submitted to the Commission by the accused medical personnel on 13 September 2011: The injured patients of Asian origin brought to SMC on March 13, 2011 were involved in violent clashes with the protesters in Manama. Some of these were actually thugs in civilian dress that attacked civilians using sticks, iron rods and stones. The protesters tried to defend themselves so they caught some of them and tied their hands. The ambulance took the injured people from both sides for treatment at SMC. These were so violent and were screaming at the medical staff who prevented them from untying 391 Interview with the Commission, 30 July 2011. 392 Interview with the Commission, 30 July 2011; Minutes of court hearing on 30 June in Case No. 191 of 2011 (Military Prosecution witness statements). 393 Central Population Registration. This is an identification card. 394 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIJIPEdsDCo accessed 5 November 2011. 395 Interview with the Commission, 30 July 2011. 197
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