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MANAMA. — Bahrain’s Shia opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman says Western states have adopted a double-standard approach toward the Manama regime’s human rights violations to protect their interests in the Persian Gulf region, Press TV reports.“The West believes in the protection of human rights and democracy, but when it comes to the regimes in the region, such values are ignored and not discussed at a greater level because of these interests they have in the Persian Gulf,” Sheikh Salman told Press TV in an exclusive interview just before his arrest on December 28.
The top al-Wefaq figure further emphasised the role of some regional Arab countries in the Al Khalifa regime’s heavy-handed crackdown on popular anti-government protests across the Persian Gulf state.
“It is not a secret that some countries have sent military troops into Bahrain like Saudi Arabia and the UAE (United Arab Emirates),” he said. — Press TV.
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