Bahrain is an apartheid regime: Rajab
23 Jan.15 – PressTV

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab says the Manama regime has created an apartheid system in the Persian Gulf country, Press TV reports.

Rajab told Press TV in an interview on Thursday that the Bahraini government has built an apartheid system by separating Shias and Sunnis.

“Almost half of the country – Shias – can’t… live,” he said.

He also noted that the Manama regime is trying to present the conflict in Bahrain as a “Shia-Sunni” one, while, in fact, the revolution has “got nothing to do with religion.”

The problem is with the violation of rights in the country, Rajab said.

He also criticized the West for turning a blind eye to the rights violations in Bahrain.

He said the Western governments, specifically the UK, “speak two languages,” one about human rights and justice for their own people and one for other countries.

He added that the West considers Shias a “threat because Iran is not in line with the Western governments, [and] Hezbollah [is] fighting Israel.” …more