Faultering Bahrain Regime passes proposal “Demanding Stop to Interference by US”

Bahrain approves proposal to stop ‘interference’ by US ambassador
5 May, 2013 – RT

Bahrain’s cabinet has approved a parliamentary proposal to stop “interference” by the US envoy in the kingdom’s affairs, according to a government spokeswoman. She did not clarify what measures would be taken.

“The cabinet has approved a proposal by the parliament to put an end to the interference of US Ambassador Thomas Krajeski in Bahrain’s internal affairs,” BNA news agency reported Samira Rajab as saying.

It also aims at putting an end to “his repeated meetings with instigators of sedition” – a government term for Shia protesters who frequently clash with police.

Samira Rajab stated that the diplomatic measures do not include dismissing the envoy, adding that Manama “will commit to international agreements in dealing with the US ambassador.”

Bahrain’s parliamentary proposal comes the same day Bahrain’s court sentenced 31 protesters to 15 years in prison for attacking a police patrol in a Shiite village a year ago. The accused deny the allegations and claim they were tortured into confessing, echoing the April 19 US State Department report on Bahrain, which cited “detention of protesters on vague charges, in some cases leading to their torture in detention” among the country’s human rights problems. …more