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679834
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FNA
The Bahraini regime is blatantly violating the human rights due to the all-out support of the foreign countries, specially the US, an activist said.
The Bahraini regime is blatantly violating the human rights due to the all-out support of the foreign countries, specially the US, an activist said.
"The Al Khalifa regime commits crimes and violates the human rights due to the financial and military support of the US and some Arab regimes," Bahraini activist Sheikh Ali al-Jafari told on Sunday.
He reiterated that the same countries that interfere in Bahrain's internal affairs are responsible for making the world insecure, interfering in Syria's internal affairs and training terrorists in Iraq and Yemen.
Al-Jafari, meantime, ruled out the rumors about Iran's alleged interference in Bahrain's internal affairs, and said, "These rumors are groundless and mere fabrication."
He reiterated that Saudi Arabia's assistance to the Al Khalifa regime's crack down on people is another instance of foreign support for Manama's cruel rulers, saying the regime is truely afraid of the Bahraini people.
He pointed to his interrogations when he was arrested in 1995, and said, "Two Britons interrogated me when I was arrested in 1995."
On March 13, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded the country to assist the Bahraini government in its crackdown on peaceful protesters.
Bahrain's opposition has frequently said it considered any foreign military intervention to be an occupation. It has also called on the international community to act to ensure the protection of the people of Bahrain from the danger of foreign military intervention.
Since mid-February 2011, thousands of anti-regime protesters have held numerous demonstrations on the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa family to relinquish power.
Scores of Bahrainis have been killed and hundreds of others injured and arrested in the ongoing crackdown on peaceful demonstrations.
The regime’s crackdown on peaceful protests has been intensified over the past months since the arrest of top opposition leader Sheikh Salman last December.
Amnesty International and several other human rights organizations have repeatedly called on Bahraini officials to observe the citizens’ rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
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