College of Surgeons’ inertia hurts itself and Bahrainis

Irish colleges, by not supporting detained doctors, are seen as collaborating with Bahrain, writes Eoin O’Brien

MUCH has happened in the small island of Bahrain since it was engulfed in the Arab Spring in Feb 2011.

A reasonable demand for a democratic constitutional monarchy and the recognition of human rights — not the downfall of the ruling regime, as in other Arab state rebellions — was the peaceful protest’s only goal.