“Although Bahraini rulers claim to be advocating human rights, we see that they are using the harshest methods to suppress the peaceful protests [in the country],” Safar Naimi-Raz, member of Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Wednesday.
The lawmaker emphasized that despite their allegations about defending human rights, in practice, Bahraini officials avoid no criminal act to stay in power.
“Before long, Bahraini rulers will be forced to fall in line with the people’s demands and will have to meet the Bahraini nation’s demand for legitimate freedom,” Naimi-Raz said.
He stated that Bahraini rulers adopt their policies under the influence of the US, Britain and the Zionist regime of Israel.
“The US, Britain and the Zionist regime [of Israel] are among powers that are trying by injecting their policies to their regional allies to make the most of [the situation in] regional countries,” he added.
“Instead of adopting contradictory approaches, it will be better for Bahraini rulers to give in to the demands of the Bahraini nation,” the lawmaker said.
Bahrainis have been staging demonstrations since mid-February 2011, asking for political reforms as well as a constitutional monarchy, a demand that later changed to an outright call for the ouster of the ruling Al Khalifa family following its brutal crackdown on popular protests.
Scores of people have also been killed and many others have been injured in the Saudi-backed crackdown on peaceful protesters in Bahrain.
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