(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Bahrain's foreign ministry summoned Iraq's ambassador in Manama to protest against remarks by Iraqi officials denouncing the execution of three anti-regime activists over their alleged role in a 2014 bomb attack, amid widespread public anger against the death verdicts.
The execution on Sunday of three men has drawn condemnation from rights groups.
Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki called the execution "an ugly crime" and said it put the Bahraini government in a position of being accused by the international community of systematic killing of its opponents.
The Bahrain foreign ministry said Maliki's remarks and comments by the Iraqi foreign ministry spokesman amounted to an "unacceptable interference" in Manama's internal affairs.
Bahrain claims the execution was carried out after a lengthy judicial process that had convicted the three men - Abbas al-Samea, 27, Sami Mushaima, 42, and Ali al-Singace, 21.
"The undersecretary of Regional and GCC Affairs, Ambassador Waheed Mubarak Sayyar, asserted the Kingdom of Bahrain's condemnation and its deep rejection of the remarks ... and demanded they be conveyed to the Iraqi government," BNA said.
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source : Reuters
Tuesday
17 January 2017
2:43:24 PM
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Bahrain's foreign ministry summoned Iraq's ambassador in Manama to protest against remarks by Iraqi officials denouncing the execution of three anti-regime activists over their alleged role in a 2014 bomb attack, amid widespread public anger against the death verdicts.