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Bhmedia07 03 13
Bhmedia07 03 13
Bahrain: MEPs welcome national dialogue but say it must include the opposition
National dialogue among Bahrain's conicting parties is seen as hopeful by MEPs, despite concerns about ongoing violations of human rights. However, to be truly democratic, this dialogue must also include civil society and the political opposition, MEPs from the Foreign Affairs and Human
Rights committees told members of Bahrain parliament (Council of Representatives) on Thursday. "We see the recent political dialogue between communities in Bahrain as a step in the right direction. However it should involve wider range of Bahraini society, including the opposition, thereby forming solid foundations for the next elections", said Jose Ignacio Salafranca (EPP, ES), opening the exchange of views. Read More
On March 2, the Interior Ministry issued a statement, widely covered by Bahraini media, claiming that Human Rights Watch had misrepresented what ministry ofcials said in meetings earlier in the week, contravened privacy and security restrictions in publishing photos and videos of meetings with political prisoners, and ignored signicant reforms by the ministry in response to the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiryreport. Read More the Bahraini government is trying to spin this into more support than Iran is actually providing. The local Shia has long been in a rebellious mood and has kept the current uprising going (without much success) for two years now. For two years now Bahrains Sunni government has not been able to placate the Shia majority in their little kingdom. Read More
Bahrain Festers
Bahrain recently arrested six of its citizens and accused them of travelling to Iraq and Lebanon for terrorist training and being partly responsible for some of the recent terrorist attacks in the country. While Iran has always supported Shia in the region rebelling against Sunni rulers, many believe
The decision to have an eightmember committee map out the next round of the talks was taken on Wednesday after the 27 participants failed to agree on the agenda for further discussions. We had put forward our proposal for a draft that includes both the principles, procedures and points to be taken up, said Jameel Kadhem, the spokesperson for the coalition of the opposition societies. Read More