(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Dr. Maytham Al Salman, Head of Religious Freedom Unit in the Bahrain Human Rights Monitor met with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Mr. Mutuma Ruteere.Al Salman informed the Special Rapporteur that ethnic discrimination and sectarian persecution and religious contempt are the most prevalent contemporary forms of racism in Bahrain where the majority of population suffer from racism. The Special Rapporteur expressed his readiness to visit Manama after the many international reports that talked about Bahrain’s systematic practice of racial (sectarian) discrimination against the Shiites. On behalf of the BHRM and civil institutions in Bahrain, Al Salman welcomed the visit of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Al Salman emphasized that the delegations of the UN Human Rights Council to Bahrain will certainly contribute to move forward in the right direction to put an end to the systematic violations of human rights in Bahrain. /129
source : al Wefaq
Wednesday
12 June 2013
7:30:00 PM
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Dr. Maytham Al Salman, Head of Religious Freedom Unit in the Bahrain Human Rights Monitor met with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Mr. Mutuma Ruteere.