An Indian doctor, Sunil Rao, was arrested in Bahrain on Thursday for calling for the genocide of Palestinians in a post on X, a social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
His post on X reads: “IsraelFightsBack will do a scorched earth attack, plenty will be killed, displaced, Hamas will be destroyed (rightly so) , then what? If I may ask? #Israel #Gaza #IsraelPalestineConflict. Occupy under military force?”
Rao was arrested by Anti-Cyber Crimes Directorate of the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security, according to Bahrain Police.
The 50-year-old Indian was booked for posting tweets on X platform containing insults of a religious nature, in violation of civil peace and social stability that could affect society’s security and safety.
Royal Bahrain Hospital where Rao working as a Specialist in Internal Medicine, said that Rao have been terminated with immediate effect.
“It has come to our attention that Dr. Sunil Rao who is working as a Specialist in Internal Medicine has posted tweets on social media platforms that are offensive to our society. We would like to confirm that his tweets and ideology are personal and do not reflect the opinion and values of the Hospital. This is a violation of our code of conduct and we have taken the necessary legal actions and his services have been terminated with immediate effect,” read a statement by Royal Bahrain Hospital.
