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185471
Tue, 05/31/2011 - 08:42
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German-based activist announces new protests in Bahrain for June 1
Berlin, May 31, IRNA -- Bahrainis are to take to streets of their country Wednesday to protest against 'dictatorial' Al-Khalifa regime and ongoing Saudi occupation of Bahrain, a German-based Bahraini political activist told IRNA here Monday.
People will go on the streets in all (Bahraini) cities on June 1. I don't know what will happen, especially since Saudi occupier troops are in our country,' said Karima Ebrahim, an artist living in exile in the south German city of Stuttgart. She feared new mass killings in Bahrain on Wednesday.
The regime in Manama has stepped up its brutal crackdown of peaceful protests in recent weeks, killing dozens of people, among them human rights activists who died under severe torture.
Hundreds of others have also been arrested in Bahrain.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has censured the Bahraini government for arresting hundreds of anti-government protesters and even putting doctors and nurses on trial at an ad hoc “military court.”
Bahraini security forces have attacked dozens of mosques, schools, holy sites, and even graveyards in their efforts to suppress the opposition movement.
Ebrahim called for political and economic sanctions against the repressive Al-Khalifa regime.
'The Bahraini people can't accept this dictatorial regime. They want to live in freedom and have rights. They want to die for their rights,' she said.
'We hope that the world helps us. We want political help, especially from European countries. We want support from human rights organizations,' Ebrahim added.
The activist stressed that the Bahrainis needed 'real support.'
She also made clear that observation of the human rights were 'important' to Bahrainis because they lacked it.
Ebrahim urged also the 'US and European political pressure on Saudi Arabia' amid its continued occupation of Bahrain.
She pointed out there were many people in Saudi Arabia who were facing the same situation as the Bahrainis.
Ebrahim who has been organizing protests in Stuttgart in support of the Bahraini people, is also having art exhibitions to voice outrage over the repression in Bahrain./end
People will go on the streets in all (Bahraini) cities on June 1. I don't know what will happen, especially since Saudi occupier troops are in our country,' said Karima Ebrahim, an artist living in exile in the south German city of Stuttgart. She feared new mass killings in Bahrain on Wednesday.
The regime in Manama has stepped up its brutal crackdown of peaceful protests in recent weeks, killing dozens of people, among them human rights activists who died under severe torture.
Hundreds of others have also been arrested in Bahrain.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has censured the Bahraini government for arresting hundreds of anti-government protesters and even putting doctors and nurses on trial at an ad hoc “military court.”
Bahraini security forces have attacked dozens of mosques, schools, holy sites, and even graveyards in their efforts to suppress the opposition movement.
Ebrahim called for political and economic sanctions against the repressive Al-Khalifa regime.
'The Bahraini people can't accept this dictatorial regime. They want to live in freedom and have rights. They want to die for their rights,' she said.
'We hope that the world helps us. We want political help, especially from European countries. We want support from human rights organizations,' Ebrahim added.
The activist stressed that the Bahrainis needed 'real support.'
She also made clear that observation of the human rights were 'important' to Bahrainis because they lacked it.
Ebrahim urged also the 'US and European political pressure on Saudi Arabia' amid its continued occupation of Bahrain.
She pointed out there were many people in Saudi Arabia who were facing the same situation as the Bahrainis.
Ebrahim who has been organizing protests in Stuttgart in support of the Bahraini people, is also having art exhibitions to voice outrage over the repression in Bahrain./end
