Bahrain Mirror: The media manager of Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR), Baqer Darwish, said that resolution 56 regarding the formation of judicial courts during the judicial year 2015/2016 reflects discrimination in judicial employment.

Responding to the Bahraini mission's delegate to the UN in Geneva, Darwish said that "most of the ones assigned are from the royal family. Besides, those assigned from the Shiite sect do not exceed 3%", indicating that the resolution discloses the intention to target defenders of freedoms."

On the sidelines of his participation in the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council, he said: "Today, the Bahraini delegate justified targeting activists and human rights defenders following the criticism of three countries and did not justify the authority's failure with regards to the triplet of legal solutions "Bassiouni, National Dialogue and Geneva".

"When the UN, high commissioner and international institutions criticize the judicial measures, this indicates a lack of international trust in your judicial institution that produces verdicts of political suppression," he added.

Darwish also stressed: "We appreciate the recent international stances announced regarding the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, but at the same time consider that the silence of the international community and the timid stances will lead to more violations."

"It is true that the Bahraini penal code and code of criminal procedure are copied from some Arab laws that were mainly taken from the French law; however, these copies of laws and incriminating articles replaced many terms that change the legal articles and give them vast limits, thus giving the security and judicial authorities vast power that is not restricted according to the law, in order to use this absolute discretionary power to attack any voice that opposes its policies," the media manager of Bahrain Forum for Human Rights further stated.

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