It’s not about Bahrain Regime Pretense of Rights, Democracy, it’s about Removing a Bad Regime

Main Opposition: Bahraini People Seeking Downfall of Al-Khalifa Regime
15 Septemebr, 2013 – FARS

TEHRAN (FNA)- The secretary-general of Bahrain’s main opposition group al-Wefaq underlined international condemnation of the country’s discriminatory laws, and stressed that the overthrow of the Al-Khalifa regime is the ultimate goal of the Bahraini nation.

“The people’s choice is expressed through the ballot box, and the laws which don’t meet people’s demands have no value and the international community doesn’t give credit to suppressive laws in Bahrain either,” Sheikh Ali Salman said on Sunday.

“The Bahraini people are demanding the ouster of the government and not the approval of dictatorial laws and the UN should interfere to materialize the people’s demands,” he added.

Salman said that the Bahraini people want to hold free and transparent elections to choose their own rulers.

Bahrain, a small Persian Gulf state, which hosts the US Fifth Fleet, has been rocked by bouts of unrest since February 2011 when an uprising led by members of the Shiite majority demanded the al Khalifa dynasty give up power.

The authorities crushed the revolt but protests and clashes have persisted despite continuing talks between government and opposition.

At least 80 people have been killed since the protests erupted in Bahrain in early 2011, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told the Human Rights Council on Monday that she was frustrated with reports of widespread human rights violations in Bahrain.

“I regret to report that the human rights situation in Bahrain remains an issue of serious concern,” she said. “The deep polarization of society and the harsh clampdown on human rights defenders and peaceful protesters continue to make a durable solution more difficult to secure.”

“I reiterate my call on Bahrain to fully comply with its international human rights commitments, including respect for the rights to freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association,” Pillay said. …source