(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "We rise and protest against any cruel system which has deprived its nation of its rights, while we still emphasize reforms, materialization of the country's high interests and maintenance of national solidarity and integrity," Javad Firouz told FNA on Monday.
He said that the Bahraini people will not only continue but also intensify their massive protest rallies which started on February 14, 2011, against the al-Khalifa regime.
In a relevant development, different Bahraini opposition parties underlined that they will hold nationwide protest rallies on August 14 despite an interior ministry warning.
A group of youth have recently established Bahrain’s August 14 Uprising Movement, announcing that their goal is to overthrow Bahrain’s ruling system.
The movement reiterated its right of holding peaceful protests, freedom of speech and public sit-ins.
They called on international human rights organizations and allies of the Bahraini regime to persuade the regime to stop continued and increasing violation of human rights.
The Bahraini regime which has voiced concern over the establishment of August 14 Movement warned people not to accept the movement’s call for holding peaceful protests.
Bahrain’s August 14 Uprising Movement has been modeled on the uprising movements in Egypt and Tunisia.
Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to the al-Khalifa dynasty.
Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar - were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 2011, to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.
So far, tens of protesters have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and thousands of others have been injured.
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