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Forum for human rights in Bahrain held in Beirut

Thursday, 31 March 2016 2:21 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 31 March 2016 2:20 AM ]

A Bahraini protester shouts slogans during clashes with riot police following a demonstration to mark the fifth anniversary of their uprising, on February 12, 2015, in the village of Sitra, south of Manama. AFP

Mariam Saleh
Press TV, Beirut

The human rights situation in Bahrain is deteriorating as the Al Khalifah regime keeps quelling voices of dissent across the country. A forum in the Lebanese capital Beirut has put to debate the cases of rights violation in the Persian Gulf kingdom. As our correspondent Mariam Saleh reports, participants stressed on the need for international action against Bahrain’s crackdown on its citizens.

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