(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Every Monday at 9:30 pm, Bahrain TV (the governmental channel) presents a program entitled “Dialogue with Saeed Al-Hamad”. The program focuses on presenting confessions of prisoners sentenced by the Military Court, or individuals that have spoken to the media during the protests in Bahrain since the 14th of February. The program also targets prominent human rights activists due to their work in exposing the human rights violations and political opposition figures.
Mr.Saeed Al-Hamad is a (pro-government) journalist in the Al-Ayam newspaper; his articles target political opposition figures and human rights activists.
On the 13th of June 2011, the presenter of the program (Mr.Al-Hamad) accused prominent human rights activists of incitement, sabotage, and being unprofessional and sectarian, when he pointed accusations towards Mr.Nabeel Rajab “Head of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights” and Mr.Mohammed Al-Maskati “Head of Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights”; Al-Hamad incited the authorities and public against them.
Mr.Al-Maskati (Left) and Mr.Rajab (Right)
On the 20th of June 2011, the presenter of the program (Mr.Al-Hamad) presented confessions of prisoners sentenced by the Military Court, where the prisoners apologized and confessed that they have done actions against the government and law, which included the following:
1.Ms.Ayat Al-Qormozi while apologizing regarding the poem she has written and recited at the Pearl Roundabout during the protests (She was sentenced to one years imprisonment). Ref: http://byshr.org/?p=594