(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the Bahraini embassy in London's Belgravia, demanding an end to King Hamad al Khalifa's dictatorship in Bahrain.
Protesters specifically decried Bahraini regime’s military siege on Al Aker village.
“We are here in front of the Bahraini embassy to tell the world that Bahrain suffers a lot from oppression, suffers from very little media coverage. What is going on in Bahrain today from the siege on the village of Aker; the people in the village are suffering from oppression and have no human rights. They suffer from a lack of medicine, from a lack of food. Children cannot go to school. Women can’t even go outside to buy anything, nor can men or children. Even the ambulances can’t enter the village to help the sick or injured. Any child or man or a woman who leaves their home are suppressed, hit and imprisoned. Even small children are suppressed and hit in the streets. We are in a situation like Palestine. What is happening in Aker is like what is happening in Gaza. So this is what is going on in Bahrain. My family are in Bahrain, I am the only one here, but my family are all in Bahrain. Every day they have tear gas thrown at them, gas that suffocates to the extent that the men, old people, women and children are being suffocated from these gases that are thrown at them every day at their homes. This is how the Bahraini people live. When O people of the world, how long do we keep silent when the people of Bahrain call for help? How long do we keep silent? How long?”, a female activist told the crowd.
The protesters also deplored the UK government’s backing of the Bahraini dictator as a complete travesty, while at the same time it is claiming to be an advocate of democracy and human rights.
Bahraini nation launched their revolution in mid-February 2011, when the people, inspired by the popular revolutions that toppled the dictators of Tunisia and Egypt, started holding massive demonstrations against the corrupt regime of al-Khalifa.
The Bahraini regime promptly launched a brutal crackdown on the peaceful protests and called in Saudi-led Arab troops from neighboring Persian Gulf states to help crack down on the peaceful demonstrations.
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Protesters specifically decried Bahraini regime’s military siege on Al Aker village.
“We are here in front of the Bahraini embassy to tell the world that Bahrain suffers a lot from oppression, suffers from very little media coverage. What is going on in Bahrain today from the siege on the village of Aker; the people in the village are suffering from oppression and have no human rights. They suffer from a lack of medicine, from a lack of food. Children cannot go to school. Women can’t even go outside to buy anything, nor can men or children. Even the ambulances can’t enter the village to help the sick or injured. Any child or man or a woman who leaves their home are suppressed, hit and imprisoned. Even small children are suppressed and hit in the streets. We are in a situation like Palestine. What is happening in Aker is like what is happening in Gaza. So this is what is going on in Bahrain. My family are in Bahrain, I am the only one here, but my family are all in Bahrain. Every day they have tear gas thrown at them, gas that suffocates to the extent that the men, old people, women and children are being suffocated from these gases that are thrown at them every day at their homes. This is how the Bahraini people live. When O people of the world, how long do we keep silent when the people of Bahrain call for help? How long do we keep silent? How long?”, a female activist told the crowd.
The protesters also deplored the UK government’s backing of the Bahraini dictator as a complete travesty, while at the same time it is claiming to be an advocate of democracy and human rights.
Bahraini nation launched their revolution in mid-February 2011, when the people, inspired by the popular revolutions that toppled the dictators of Tunisia and Egypt, started holding massive demonstrations against the corrupt regime of al-Khalifa.
The Bahraini regime promptly launched a brutal crackdown on the peaceful protests and called in Saudi-led Arab troops from neighboring Persian Gulf states to help crack down on the peaceful demonstrations.
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