Saturday, July 16, 2011

Rights group pushes Bahrain to investigate firings (AP)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ? An international human rights group says more than 2,000 workers have been fired from state-linked firms and government jobs in Bahrain in apparent punishment for participating in Shiite-led protests.

Human Rights Watch says the workers were dismissed from jobs at government ministries, schools, hospitals and companies including the state-owned Bahrain Petroleum Company. The New York-based group on Friday urged authorities to investigate.

Bahrain's security forces have smothered an uprising by the kingdom's majority Shiites seeking greater rights from the Sunni rulers.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain

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