Bahrain king warned of revolution

Bahrain's King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa

Source: Press TV
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The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights has relayed an open letter to the King, warning him over a “worst case scenario” amid growing uprisings against Arab autocratic rulers in the region.

The body called on King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa to take measures to avoid the use of force by security forces against peaceful protests which might take place in the very near future.

The letter to the king came in the wake of widespread calls on social network websites for nationwide protests in the Persian Gulf state due on Monday.

The president of the center Nabeel Rajab warned about the mounting tension which has been building up for the last few years in the country but has sharply escalated as a result of inspiration by revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia.

“The release of all the detainees in Bahrain … could help to ease the tension and pave the way for a serious, instant and constructive dialogue on issues such as political participation, corruption by high officials, housing, low income, discrimination and naturalization on sectarian basis” Rajab said.

“The dissolving of the security apparatus and the prosecution of its officials … will avoid the fatal mistake committed by similar apparatuses in Tunisia and Egypt which lead to the loss of lives and hundreds of casualties and eventually resulted in the fall of the regimes that created these “double edged swords,” he said.

In December, the self-immolation of a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor, unleashed a wave of street riots across the country that ended in the dramatic ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years in power.

Following the revolution in Tunisia, pro-democracy protestors took to the streets of the Egyptian Capital, Cairo and demanded the ouster of Hosni Mubarak who ruled for three decades.

After eighteen days of protests across the nation, Mubarak was eventually forced to step down on Friday, handing over power to the army and ending three decades of authoritarian rule in the country