In a Friday interview, Jalal Fairooz warned that unless the European countries and the rest of the world stop their support for the Al Khalifa regime and begin support for the democratic movement of the Bahraini nation, there will be more violence in Bahrain and “all the interest of the West will be jeopardized.”
“It seems that the international community unfortunately is lining with the dictatorship in Bahrain. They have their own economic interest not only with Bahrain but [also] with the Saudis. That is why they are backing up the authoritarian and totalitarian rule in Bahrain,” Fairooz said.
“All these atrocities and human rights violations have not made the international community come to their ethical basis and just ask to stop killing of the people in the streets and in the jails and to stop torture.”
Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have held numerous demonstrations on the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.
On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were called in to assist the Bahraini regime in its crackdown on peaceful protesters.
UK-based rights group Amnesty International has voiced concern that Bahraini authorities could be using the anti-government unrest to intensify crackdown on protesters.
