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Tue, 05/17/2011 - 15:21
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Activist: Bahraini Revolutionaries Not to Resort to Armed Conflict
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Bahraini political activist underlined continued peaceful protests against the tyrannical rulers of his country, and said the country's revolutionary forces will not resort to armed conflict in their campaign against dictatorship.
"Resorting to violence will provide an opportunity for the other side to suppress people's revolution," member of the biggest Shiite faction in Bahrain's parliament Hadi al-Moussavi told FNA on Tuesday.
"The protests in Bahrain are completely peaceful and the revolutionaries raise their demands through peaceful means," he added.
Moussavi reiterated that the revolutionaries in Bahrain are not armed as they do believe that the country should not be led towards a civil war.
Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty's over-40-year rule.
Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar - were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13 to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.
Yet, protests and rallies continued throughout the country in defiance of the martial law put in place by Manama since last month.
During the recent days, Bahrainis have repeated their demand for the ouster of King Al Khalifa and condemned Riyadh's involvement in the suppression of the revolution.
People have announced that they will continue protests until the regime collapses.
Demonstrators have been demanding constitutional reforms as well as an end to the 230-year-old monarchy, with hundreds camping out peacefully in the capital's Pearl Square since February 14.
Bahraini and Saudi security forces have been brutally suppressing anti-government protestors. So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and about 1,000 others have been injured.
"Resorting to violence will provide an opportunity for the other side to suppress people's revolution," member of the biggest Shiite faction in Bahrain's parliament Hadi al-Moussavi told FNA on Tuesday.
"The protests in Bahrain are completely peaceful and the revolutionaries raise their demands through peaceful means," he added.
Moussavi reiterated that the revolutionaries in Bahrain are not armed as they do believe that the country should not be led towards a civil war.
Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty's over-40-year rule.
Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar - were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13 to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.
Yet, protests and rallies continued throughout the country in defiance of the martial law put in place by Manama since last month.
During the recent days, Bahrainis have repeated their demand for the ouster of King Al Khalifa and condemned Riyadh's involvement in the suppression of the revolution.
People have announced that they will continue protests until the regime collapses.
Demonstrators have been demanding constitutional reforms as well as an end to the 230-year-old monarchy, with hundreds camping out peacefully in the capital's Pearl Square since February 14.
Bahraini and Saudi security forces have been brutally suppressing anti-government protestors. So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and about 1,000 others have been injured.
