5,000 Prisoners of Conscience in Bahrain
Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, the head of the Bahrain Center for Dialogue and Tolerance, added that some 200 political prisoners have died under torture in Bahraini prisons since the popular uprising began in the country in 2011, Mirat al-Bahrain news website reported.
He deplored the silence of the world, including so-called advocates of human rights such as the US and Britain, in the face of oppression of human rights in Bahrain.
Bahrain, a close ally of the US in the Persian Gulf region, has been witnessing almost daily protests against the ruling Al Khalifa dynasty since early 2011, with Manama using heavy-handed measures in an attempt to crush the demonstrations.
Scores of Bahrainis have been killed and hundreds of others injured and arrested in the ongoing crackdown on the peaceful demonstrations.
Amnesty International and many other international rights organizations have frequently censured the Bahraini regime for the rampant human rights abuses against opposition groups and anti-regime protesters.
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