The World Motivation
There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals.
“There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals.”
There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals.
Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform.
No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.
Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.
Here in Britain, black people are disproportionately targeted, arrested and imprisoned for drug offences, while organised and violent crime are granted a massive source of revenue.
I studied the philosophy and the discipline of non-violence in Nashville as a student. And I staged a sitting-in in the fall of 1959 and got arrested the first time in February 1960.
I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops.
I ran for political office in the Hamptons once in a war I was having with the village. I came in, there were four people running, and I came in around third. It was over my food market - they arrested me. I just wanted to go for office because I thought it would be an interesting to do.