DUBAI: Bahrain has rejected the European Parliament (EP) resolution on the human rights situation in the Kingdom, affirming its lack of evidence, state news agency BNA reported.
Bahrain has always exerted efforts to promote human rights and the resolution does not reflect that, Defence and National Security Committee Deputy Chairman Isa Al-Dosari.
He further said that such reports are based on incorrect facts to serve foreign agendas against the Kingdom.
The EP has expressed its concern of the human rights situation in the country, expecting it to worsen. It referred to arbitrary arrests, the continued use of the death penalty, prosecution of human rights defenders, and the continued denial of civil and political rights and freedoms of association, assembly, and expression.
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Bahraini and Arab lawmakers came down heavily yesterday on their counterpart in the European Parliament for adopting a resolution degrading the rights situation in the Kingdom without conducting due diligence.
The Arab Parliament, reiterating its categorical rejection of the EU resolution, said the statement reflects “absolute ignorance of the realities of the situation in Bahrain.”
Continuing to move ahead with such resolutions “might impair the Arab-European relations and put it to the test,” Arab parliamentarians warned.
Arab lawmakers viewed the statements as “systematic and intentional targeting to distort the enormous reforms and developments witnessed in Bahrain.”