Bahrain: Terror cell tried to topple government
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Bahrain has accused 23 Shiite activists of forming a "terror network" aimed at toppling the Gulf kingdom's government, the official BNA news agency said. The agency said the suspects allegedly held secret meetings in Bahrain and abroad in order "to change the political regime through illegal means".
It identified 10 suspects, including eight opposition figures who have been detained since mid-August.
State media said those expected to be charged included leading figures from Al Wefaq society, the banned Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, and the London-based Bahrain Freedom Movement.
Abduljalil al-Singace, the chief suspect and leader of the Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy, an opposition association, was charged with "running an illegitimate network," as well as "leading sabotage cells ... contacting foreign organisations and providing them with false and misleading information about the kingdom". Seven other people face similar charges and include Mohammed Saeed, a board member of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. Saeed is also charged with receiving "financial support from foreign parties to achieve his illegitimate goals."
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Not many know much about Bahrain but they should.
Bahrain is run like a private corporation by the Al Khalifa family, they have their sticky fingers in everything.
They are now playing the terrorist card in order to silence legitimate dissent and it is absolute nonsense.
The men they have arrested and tortured are just ordinary human rights activists.
Their only crime is to be of the wrong religion and to want democracy and human rights in Bahrain.
The ruling family have caused injury to the opposition for decades and Britain and America do nothing about it.
Search Bahrain and Khalifa Henderson and human rights on Google or whatever and you'll get a feel for what these despots in charge of fantasy island in the Arabian Gulf are really like.
