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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Tyrannical Bahraini Rule Tyrannical Bahraini Rule by Stephen Lendman Bahrain is one of six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, despotic monarchies allied with US regional imperial interests, mainly its endless wars of aggression. On Monday, prominent human rights defender/former political prisoner Nabeel Rajab was again arrested. At 5:00AM, police surrounded his home. His son Adam tweeted they entered the house and arrested my father
The incident occurred on first day of the UN Human Rights Councils 32nd session, its high commissioner Zeid Raad Al Hussein, warning (r)epression will not eliminate peoples grievances. It will increase them. Prominent human rights defender/political prisoner Abdulhadi Al-Khawajas daughter Zainab was forced to leave for exile in Denmark after learning shed be arrested and imprisoned if she stayed. In late May, she was released from prison for humanitarian reasons after being sentenced to serve 37 months solely for political reasons. Bahrain is a ruthless police state, human rights and democracy supporters murdered or imprisoned. On Tuesday, AP News reported its authorities suspend(ing) (the) largest Shiite political group and fr(eezing) its assets
as part of a widening crackdown on activists and dissent
The Al-Wefaq opposition was targeted, suspended before for supporting protests for justice, the regime-controlled Bahrain News Agency saying action against it was taken to safeguard the security of the kingdom - code language for opposing democratic freedoms. An October 6 rubber-stamp court hearing was set to decide whether to liquidate the party altogether. Last month, regime authorities more than doubled Al-Wefaq secretary-general Sheikh Ali Salmans political imprisonment to nine years. In response, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy director Sayed Ahmed al-Wadaei said the ruling shows the regime is bulldozing its civil society
(transforming) itself into a state of silence and terror - with full US support and encouragement. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III." http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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