Manama: Local media in Bahrain say the
international panel investigating months of anti-government protests and crackdowns in the Gulf kingdom has interviewed
more than 5,000 witnesses and alleged victims over the past
three months.
A report in Bahrain's state-owned Gulf Daily News
newspaper says investigators have spoken with 5,700 people
about the unrest that began in February when the kingdom's
Shiite majority rose up to demand greater rights.
The Bahrain Commission of Inquiry was set up in July with
the consent of the country's Sunni rulers.
Sunday's report in the English-language newspaper says
detainees, police personnel, doctors and journalists are among
those interviewed by the five-member panel.
Its findings will be published in a report due by October
31.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, October 16, 2011, 20:44