'People to continue protests in Bahrain'

Mon Apr 18, 2011


A member of Bahrain Freedom Movement says the regime's brutal crackdown and pressure on the opposition would not stop demonstrations.

"I think, the international community is being deceived by the political leaders in the West," and they say that the protests have been contained after a crackdown by the regime, Saeed al-Shehabi told Press TV from London on Sunday.

He said despite a ban on demonstrations by the regime, the people are holding huge demonstrations throughout the country and are determined to continue until their demands are met.

The police have severely cracked down on the demonstrations using live bullets tear gas and chemical gases.

Shehabi had previously described the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters as a crime against humanity, genocide, a sectarian apartheid, and sectarian cleansing.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights in Manama has reported that the people detained by the government forces are tortured, adding that there have been bruises and lashing marks on the bodies of those detainees who have died while in government custody, after they were collected by their families.

In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait deployed their troops to Bahrain to reinforce the brutal armed clampdown against mass protests.

Scores of protesters have been killed and many others gone missing during the harsh crackdown.

Moreover, most Bahraini media outlets have been blocked and several mosques have been demolished by the government.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/175372.html.