Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry information
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2011 Bahraini uprising
Background
Timeline
Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain
Day of Rage
Death of Ali Mushaima
Death of Fadhel Al-Matrook
Bloody Thursday
Death of Abdulredha Buhmaid
March of loyalty to martyrs
Aftermath
Apr–Jun 2011
Jul–Dec 2011
Jan-Aug 2012
Sept–Dec 2012
Health worker trials
Death of Ahmed al-Qattan
Death of Ali al-Sheikh
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry
2012 Grand Prix protests
Arrest of Ali Hasan
Eker bombing
Siege of Eker
Bahrain Tamarod
The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), also known locally in Bahrain as the Bassiouni Commission, was established by the King of Bahrain on 29 June 2011[1] tasked with looking into the incidents that occurred during the period of unrest in Bahrain in February and March 2011 and the consequences of these events.
The commission released a 500-page report 23 November 2011, which took 9,000 testimonies, offered an extensive chronology of events, documented 46 deaths, 559 allegations of torture, and more than 4,000 cases of employees dismissed for participating in protests. The report criticized the security forces for many instances when "force and firearms were used in an excessive manner that was, on many occasions, unnecessary, disproportionate, and indiscriminate;" and found that certain abuses, such as destruction of property, "could not have happened without the knowledge of higher echelons of the command structure."[2] The report also stated that the violence in Bahrain "was the result of an escalating process in which both the Government and the opposition have their share of responsibility in allowing events to unfold as they did".[3]: 405
The report confirmed the Bahraini government's use of systematic torture and other forms of physical and psychological abuse on detainees, as well as other human rights violations.[4]: 298 It also rejected the government's claims that the protests were instigated by Iran.[5] It has been criticised for not disclosing the names of individual perpetrators of abuses and extending accountability only to those who actively carried out human rights violations.[6]
^Bahrain News Agency, " HM King Hamad Sets up Royal Independent Investigation commission ", 'International Reaction'
Bahrain News Agency, 29 June 2011
^Bahrain commission issues brutal critique of Arab Spring crackdown By Elizabeth Dickinson/ csmonitor.com November 23, 2011
^BICI, "REPORT OF THE BAHRAIN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY", BICI, 23 Nov 2011
^Cite error: The named reference bici was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Staff writer (9 March 2012). "Bahrain protesters join anti-government march in Manama". BBC. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
^Kristian Coates (23 November 2011). "Bahrain's uncertain future". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
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