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Official: West's Double-Standard Policies Unveiled in Bahrain Uprising
TEHRAN , April 24 (FNA)- Secretary-General of Iran's High Council of Human Rights Mohammad Javad Larijani blasted the western countries' surprising stance and silence on the violation of human rights in Bahrain, and urged the West to set aside double-standard policies.
"Westerners' double-standard stances on the issue of human rights have been completely unveiled after sad events in Bahrain," Larijani said in a meeting with Norway's Ambassador to Iran Roald Naess on Saturday.
He deplored the systematic massacre of the protesting people both in Bahrain and Libya and other regional countries, and expressed the hope that the western states would break their embarrassing silence about the crimes being committed against the Bahraini and Yemeni people and end their double-standard attitude towards the current developments in the region.
"Unfortunately, Americans and the westerners pursue an anti-human rights view on popular uprisings," Larijani noted, and reminded that Manama and its Saudi allies are suppressing the defenseless people in Bahrain under the US support.
The Norwegian diplomat, too, renewed Oslo's opposition to the use of force against Bahraini protesters as well as Saudi Arabia's military intervention in the tiny Persian Gulf island.
Two months after the eruption of mass protests in Bahrain, the kingdom still kills the opposition, jailing hundreds of activists in a crackdown that has unveiled the Obama administration's support for dictators in the region.
Since February 14, Manama has been conducting a brutal crackdown on protesters who want an end to the rule of the Al-Khalifa dynasty.
In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait deployed their troops in Bahrain to reinforce the armed clampdowns.
Bahrain's monarchy, since calling in Saudi troops to help crush protests, has been quietly dismantling the country's opposition.
According to media reports, the harsh crackdown has so far left tens of people dead and hundreds more injured.
"Westerners' double-standard stances on the issue of human rights have been completely unveiled after sad events in Bahrain," Larijani said in a meeting with Norway's Ambassador to Iran Roald Naess on Saturday.
He deplored the systematic massacre of the protesting people both in Bahrain and Libya and other regional countries, and expressed the hope that the western states would break their embarrassing silence about the crimes being committed against the Bahraini and Yemeni people and end their double-standard attitude towards the current developments in the region.
"Unfortunately, Americans and the westerners pursue an anti-human rights view on popular uprisings," Larijani noted, and reminded that Manama and its Saudi allies are suppressing the defenseless people in Bahrain under the US support.
The Norwegian diplomat, too, renewed Oslo's opposition to the use of force against Bahraini protesters as well as Saudi Arabia's military intervention in the tiny Persian Gulf island.
Two months after the eruption of mass protests in Bahrain, the kingdom still kills the opposition, jailing hundreds of activists in a crackdown that has unveiled the Obama administration's support for dictators in the region.
Since February 14, Manama has been conducting a brutal crackdown on protesters who want an end to the rule of the Al-Khalifa dynasty.
In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait deployed their troops in Bahrain to reinforce the armed clampdowns.
Bahrain's monarchy, since calling in Saudi troops to help crush protests, has been quietly dismantling the country's opposition.
According to media reports, the harsh crackdown has so far left tens of people dead and hundreds more injured.
