Tue Feb 19, 2013 22:16:39
A senior Bahraini opposition figure has dismissed recent offer made by ruling al-Khalifa regime for talks as a propaganda stunt aimed at fixing its unpopular image at the international scene.
"By holding fruitless talks, the al-Khalifa regime is seeking to pretend that it is negotiating with the opposition, while continued crackdowns and killings of the people indicate the unpopular nature of this regime," deputy secretary-general of Bahrain's National Democratic Action Society Hassan al-Marzooq told al-Alam on Tuesday.
He further ruled out the Bahraini rulers' offer of talks as nothing more than a trick, which is being deployed by the Manama regime to fix its unpopular image among the public, and in the meantime, as a tool to buy time to continue its crimes and suppressions.
Anti-regime protesters have been holding peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to the al-Khalifa dynasty's over-40-year rule, end of discrimination, establishment of justice and a democratically-elected government as well as freedom of detained protesters.
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, 2011, to help Manama further its brutal crackdown on peaceful protestors.
So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and thousands of others have been injured by the Saudi-backed Bahraini regime’s troops.
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