Prominent Bahraini activist Nabil Rajab appealed on Wednesday for the world to impose sanctions on his country, which he said had slipped into "dictatorship". The head of Bahrain's Centre for Human Rights was arrested after taking part in a month of Shiite-led protests in 2011 demanding political reforms. Rajab, who was holding his first media conference since his release on May 24, claimed that between 3,000 and 4,000 political prisoners were languishing in jail in Bahrain, a country of some 700,000 people. "I came to urge all civilised nations, civilised governments to take measures against my country," he said, calling on the international community to disregard commercial interests in Bahrain and impose sanctions.
06-19-2014, 11:12 PM
Bahrain activist urges sanctions against his country
Prominent Bahraini activist Nabil Rajab appealed on Wednesday for the world to impose sanctions on his country, which he said had slipped into "dictatorship". The head of Bahrain's Centre for Human Rights was arrested after taking part in a month of Shiite-led protests in 2011 demanding political reforms. Rajab, who was holding his first media conference since his release on May 24, claimed that between 3,000 and 4,000 political prisoners were languishing in jail in Bahrain, a country of some 700,000 people. "I came to urge all civilised nations, civilised governments to take measures against my country," he said, calling on the international community to disregard commercial interests in Bahrain and impose sanctions.
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