Tuesday
Oct022012
Bahrain Opinion: "This Campaign of Oppression is Not Going to Stop on Its Own"
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 12:21 | Josh Shahryar in EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
Doctors Nader Diwani, Ali Alekri, and Mahmoud Asghar receive the verdict of an appeals court, 14 June 2012
The time for the West to exert pressure on Bahrain is now. Not tomorrow. Not in a week. Not in a month and certainly not in a year. King Hamad's regime has consistently failed to uphold its lawful duties towards its citizens, trampling upon their rights repeatedly and without shame. It has promised reform only to quash those calling for reform. It has filled prisons with human rights activists whom it claims are agents of Iran, without presenting a shred of evidence that they are responsible for anything but the defense of people's internationally-recognised human rights.