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West support emboldens Bahraini regime to keep up crackdown: Ex-MP

This photo taken on January 2, 2015 shows a Bahraini protester taking cover behind a garbage container during clashes with riot police on January 2, 2015 in the village of Bilad al-Qadeem, on the outskirts of the capital, Manama. (By AFP)

 

Matar Ebrahim Ali Matar, a former Bahraini lawmaker from Washington, slams the international community for failing to take “effective” measures in the face of the Manama regime’s crackdown on opposition.

Emboldened by the support of some Western states and their Persian allies, the rulers in Bahrain stick to their oppressive policies in dealing with political dissidents in the kingdom, Matar tells Press TV.


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