26.07.2012, 01:34
Da die westliche Welt in erster Linie auf den Rebellenkrieg in Syrien schaut, mal ein Blick auf die Länder in denen es trotz unbewaffneter Opposition ebenfalls schwelt.
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Authorities Detain 13 Activists, Including Prominent Lawyers
JULY 18, 2012
(Beirut) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have intensified a crackdown on peaceful political activists with the arrest on July 16, 2012, of 13 activists affiliated with the Islamist group al-Islah.
Since late March, authorities have arrested at least 25 members of the Reform and Social Guidance Association (al-Islah),a nonviolent political association advocating greater adherence to Islamic precepts. Two prominent human rights lawyers, Mohammed al-Roken and Mohammed Mansoori, are among those arrested recently. A July 15 statement by the UAE’s official news agency saidAttorney General Salem Sa`eed Kubaish had ordered the arrest and investigation of “a group of people for establishing and managing an organization with the aim of committing crimes that harm state security.” The statement also accused the group of having connections with “foreign organizations and outside agendas” and promised to “expose the dimensions of the conspiracy.”
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16 July, 2012, 20:00
Bahrain is intensifying its crackdown on the pro-democracy opposition and is trying to silence those covering its actions, Jen Marlowe, a US documentary filmmaker who was kicked out of the country, told RT.
Marlowe, who has covered a number of conflicts, including in Darfur and Palestine, was expelled from the country after Bahraini authorities accused her of shooting a film without proper visa documentation. In her first televised interview since her expulsion, she told RT how brutal the crackdown on the protesters in the country was.
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RT:How much more punishment can the opposition take before their movement either loses momentum or just becomes too dangerous?
JM: They’ve been going for 17 months now, going strong. Actually the word “sumud”, meaning “endurance” or “steadfast”, is the catchphrase of the Bahraini revolution. It did not see any signs of slowing down or losing stamina. In fact, I saw signs of people being reenergized and being committed to the long-term sacrifices that are needed for the struggle for democracy. And only time will tell how long they will be struggling, but I did not see any signs of people giving up, I saw signs of people reinvigorated.
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RT: Why is the regime very determined to keep human rights activists such as you out of the country?
JM: I think the Bahraini regime is very determined not to let anything that’s happening be exposed, and so anyone that’s going to Bahrain with the purpose and the agenda of trying to show what’s happening and trying to really expose the reality on the ground, the regime wants to keep them out and keep them silent as much as possible.
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