(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Two more Bahraini civilians were martyred during the week as attempts for suffocating the dissenting voices intensify. First was Huda, eleven months infant who was suffocated by chemical gases, the main tool of repression against the people and the second was Hajji Mahdi Ali Al Marhoon, 60, subjected to intense inhalation of chemical gases deployed by regime’s forces against the people of Ma’amir Town. His funeral was attended by thousands of people who chanted anti-regime slogans calling for an end to the Alkhalifa hereditary dictatorship. The repression has continued unabated. The security apparatus, commanded by John Timoney and John Yates has intensified its attempts to suppress dissenting voices or anyone attempting to uncover the truth. It is now illegal to tweet anti-Alkhalifa news. Anyone who criticizes the dictatorship or its human rights abuses is liable for arrest, torture and imprisonment. Four people have now been targeted for tweeting anti-regime news. Instead of opening up freedoms, the Alkhalifa, encouraged by the Saudi occupation, Anglo-American military and security support, has become notorious for its human rights violations. It has made mockery of the recommendations by the Bissioni Commission and the Human Rights Council. This is while Nabeel Rajab’s trial earlier this week was postponed, other human rights activists have been targeted and warned of severe consequences if they continued criticism of the Al Khalifa bleak record of human rights. Mohammad Al Masqati, the President of Bahrain Youth for Human Rights was arrested, threatened and ill-treated for criticizing the Al Khalifa. No word of condemnation has come from the UN bodies responsible for protection of human rights defenders. Nabeel Rajab’s ill-treatment has stained the human rights world which has failed to protect the most prominent human rights activist in the Persian Gulf region from arbitrary arrest, torture and imprisonment. Amnesty International issued an Urgent Action calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Nabeel Rajab. AI has confirmed that at least one international observer was denied entry to Bahrain to observe the appeal against Rajab’s conviction. The Alkhalifa have kept an iron-fist policy against Bahrainis with tight grip on police, intelligence, army, judiciary and media.
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