With the Bahraini government’s state of martial law continuing and 1,500+ foreign troops still operating in the country, the crackdown on Shi’ites is still escalating. A statement from the leading opposition party, al-Wefaq, reports that security forces attacked two hospitals today.
Al-Wefaq official Mattar Ibrahim Mattar says that the security forces arrested doctors and other hospital staff en masse during the raids, and his brother, who works at one of the facilities, is being held at an undisclosed location, and cannot be contacted.
The regime has regularly barred injured protesters from hospitals, and has accused Shi’ite doctors of helping to “organize” the demonstrations. Some of the capital city of Manama’s biggest hospitals have been sealed off from the public entirely on this basis, forcing those wounded in the ongoing attacks to rely on the smaller hospitals and clinics in Shi’ite neighborhoods for treatment.
Officials defended the continued crackdown on Monday, with Prime Minister Khalifa accusing the protesters of a “coup attempt” and vowing to hold those who demanded reforms “accountable” for their dissent.
Before the crackdowns, the al-Wefaq Party held 17 of the 40 parliamentary seats, but all 17 MPs resigned to protest the killings of protesters. The Bahraini government announced last week they would ban the bloc for “threatening national unity” but retracted the ban shortly thereafter.
Where Oh where is the humanitarian proponents in USA, Britain and France now????
Docked at the neighborhood harbor with their navy.
and where is the "humanitarian" no-fly zone for Gaza. Western intellectual bankruptcy exposed
The government of Bahrain does EXACTLY what the US govt. tells them to do. It's just one of the perks of being a global empire with over 1,000 overseas military installations. The USG is responsible for what happens to these peaceful protestors whose lives are deemed insignificant and inconvenient compared to the US 5th fleet. The world needs this empire dismantled now. Lives are obviously at stake. The Arab Spring WILL BE CRUSHED if the empire is not broken up. Stand up and fight for democracy my fellows. Don't forget that non-violence was Gandhi's most powerful weapon against the British Empire. Non-violent revolution succeeds more than twice as often as violent revolution (53% vs. 26% of the time). The USG thinks it is so smart fanning the flames of revolution but USG only supports violent revolution (LIBYA). Why is that? Because Libya is not subjected to our banks YET. Just like Saddam. When a ruler opts for independence from empire he/she is doomed. The US already had a gov't. coup by the superbanks and it won't stop until this coup is overthrown. Non-violent revolution is Americans' and the rest of the world's best option.
Khadafi has set an example for all these middle eastern potentates,just tough it out and ignore the impotent efforts of NATO.Democracy will always be a pipe dream created by the twittering youth in Egypt The winners here will be the even more hardline Islamists!