The Arabic Network condemns closing down alWasat newspaper and Expelling Academics and Administrators From Bahrain University
Cairo , April 4th ,2011
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information today denounced the continued Bahraini security campaigns with the support of the Saudi government against Bahraini activists and dissidents. The crackdown started with the suppression of peaceful demonstrations using weapons , bullets and troops of Peninsula Shield ,a campaigns to undermine protests to sectarian protests and extended to the pursuit and arrest of Internet activists and dissidents who took part in the protests or spread news about them.
The Arabic Network condemns closing down alWasat newspaper and Expelling Academics and Administrators From Bahrain University
Cairo , April 4th ,2011
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information today denounced the continued Bahraini security campaigns with the support of the Saudi government against Bahraini activists and dissidents. The crackdown started with the suppression of peaceful demonstrations using weapons , bullets and troops of Peninsula Shield ,a campaigns to undermine protests to sectarian protests and extended to the pursuit and arrest of Internet activists and dissidents who took part in the protests or spread news about them.
The crackdown went as far as closing the independent Bahraini newspaper alWasat against the backdrop of reporting on oppression against protesters in Bahrain. The government claimed that closing the newspaper was due to breaching of professional ethics,. This resolution shows the intention of the Bahraini authorities to restrict all opposition and independent media and give room to media promoting government’s views .
On the other hand ,University of Bahrain issued a press statement on Friday, April 1st , declaring the dismissal of many academics and administrators and discipling many students and scholars for their involvement in peaceful protests demanding democracy. The statement described the protests as “serious events” and pointed that the investigations are still on and that the door is still open to expel and punish others.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, “The Bahraini government is carrying out campaigns of harassment and exclusion of the opposition and independent media, supported by external forces , to avenge dissent and keep them away from all the influential positions in Bahrain . he Bahraini government targets controlling all media and education in the country, with the aid of Peninsula Shield troops and Saudi Arabia sending more than 1000 soldiers to participate in the suppression of protests, which led to a relative control of the protests“.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information warned the Bahraini government of going too far in targeting and suppression of the opposition. This will only lead to further divisions and tensions calling upon more violence and completely wasting the opportunity for dialogue and reform in Bahrain.
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