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Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry f. Sexual Abuse;

g. Rapes;

h. Misuse of Authority and Excessive Use of Force;

i. Arbitrary Arrests and Detention;

j. Disappearances or Missing Persons;

k. Coerced Statements;

l. Unfair Trial;

m. Denial of Assistance of Legal Counsel;

n. Deprivation of Private Property;

o. Destruction of Private Property;

p. Demolition of Religious Structures;

q. Expulsion of Students;

r. Suspension of Students;

s. Revocation of Student Scholarships;

t. Dismissals from Private Sector Employment;

u. Dismissals from Public Sector Employment;

v. Suspension from Private Sector Employment;

w. Suspension from Public Sector Employment;

x. Other Work Related Complaints;

y. Restriction of Free Speech and Assembly;

z. Media Harassment;

aa. Issuance of Travel Bans; and

bb. Other.

9. As indicated above, the sources of information varied, as did the quality of the information received. This is understandable in so far as there were multiple sources that did not necessarily follow the same approach or describe events and situations in the same manner or style.

10. Reports received from the GoB tended at the beginning, namely the end of July and early August, to be limited and fragmentary. In the course of time, a more steady relationship developed that resulted in receiving more detailed information, and particularly more specific answers to the Commission`s follow up questions. The GoB produced hundreds of pages of reports including a comprehensive report prepared on behalf of all government agencies dated 6 October 2011. These reports contained not only factual information but answers to legal questions of a substantive and procedural nature. They also included replies to the Commission`s inquiries