الرئيسية
LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Syria is training
opposition figures in Bahrain, the Gulf island state's king said
in an interview published on Tuesday, in which he also denied
systematic rights abuses during state crackdowns on
pro-democracy protests earlier this year.
King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa's interview with Britain's
Daily Telegraph newspaper comes a day after he met British Prime
Minister David Cameron, who urged the king to press ahead with
national reconciliation and to engage with Bahrain's opposition.
"We have evidence that a number of Bahrainis who oppose our
government are being trained in Syria .... I have seen the files
and we have notified the Syrian authorities, but they deny any
involvement," the king said, giving no further details.
King Hamad visited London on Monday, weeks after an
independent inquiry found evidence of systematic rights abuses
and said Bahrain's Sunni Muslim rulers used excessive force to
cow protesters and detainees.
opposition figures in Bahrain, the Gulf island state's king said
in an interview published on Tuesday, in which he also denied
systematic rights abuses during state crackdowns on
pro-democracy protests earlier this year.
King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa's interview with Britain's
Daily Telegraph newspaper comes a day after he met British Prime
Minister David Cameron, who urged the king to press ahead with
national reconciliation and to engage with Bahrain's opposition.
"We have evidence that a number of Bahrainis who oppose our
government are being trained in Syria .... I have seen the files
and we have notified the Syrian authorities, but they deny any
involvement," the king said, giving no further details.
King Hamad visited London on Monday, weeks after an
independent inquiry found evidence of systematic rights abuses
and said Bahrain's Sunni Muslim rulers used excessive force to
cow protesters and detainees.