“Force and suppression can never resist popular demands,” spokesman of Majlis (Parliament) Cultural Committee Seyyed Ali Taheri said on Tuesday.
“The Al Khalifa regime should learn a lesson from the fate of [other] dictators in the region,” Taheri added, referring to the ouster of Western-backed rulers in the aftermath of a wave of popular revolts that started from Tunisia in early 2011 and swept trough Egypt, Libya and Yemen.
The lawmaker stated that the people of Bahrain are fed-up with the continued crackdown by the Western-backed regime, advising Bahrain’s “rulers” to implement reforms to meet their people’s demands before it is too late.
Taheri further criticized international organizations for acting like “instruments in the hands of hegemonic powers,” and denounced their inaction toward the killing of peaceful protesters in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
“The international community must not turn a blind eye to the Al Khalifa’s crackdown,” he said.
A popular anti-regime revolution started in Bahrain in February 2011. Scores of people have since been killed and hundreds of others wounded in the regime’s violent crackdown of the protests.
Bahraini protesters say they remain resolute to continue demonstration despite the Al Khalifa regime’s ban on all demonstrations and public gatherings across the state, until their demands are met.
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