Amnesty International said that Bahraini Regime forces were using tear gas attacks “inappropriately”, calling for an investigation into the issue.

Amnesty International said that Bahraini Regime forces were using tear gas attacks “inappropriately”, calling for an investigation into the issue.

“The rise in fatalities and eyewitness accounts suggest that tear gas is being used inappropriately by Bahraini security forces, including in people’s homes and other confined spaces,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director.

The group said that more than dozens have been killed in the tear gas attack launched by regime forces against pro-democracy protesters.

“The Bahraini authorities must investigate and account for the reports of more than a dozen deaths following tear gas use. The security forces must be instructed on how to use tear gas in line with international policing standards.”

Regime forces have been staging a brutal crackdown against demonstrators since February 2001.
Dozens of people have been martyred and thousands more have been arrested and put in jail or fired from their jobs during the crackdown.

In addition, many health workers, teachers, opposition figures and human rights activists in Bahrain are still facing trial or serving prison terms over participation in anti-government demonstrations.

Meanwhile on Thursday, Bahraini troops fired tear gas on mourners attending the funeral procession of a protester in Sitra, south of the capital, Manama.

Witnesses said hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets of Sitra on Friday to mourn the death of 19-year-old Muhammad Yaqoob who was killed by regime forces on Wednesday.
According to the opposition group al-Wefaq, Yaqoob was chased and run down by a police car.

But despite the presence of photographic evidence of cuts and bruises on his body, Bahraini Ministry of Interior claims Yaqoob suffered from sickle cell anemia and died of what it claimed to be "natural causes."