Angry Arab chief Bahrain correspondent sent me this: "Since you will be soon hearing what Bassiouni did say in his speech I will tell
you what he didn't say:
- he did not call for an immediate prisoner release and the dropping of all charges
- he did not hold any higher level officials (let alone King, Prime Minister, Khalid Bin Ahmed and Khalifa Bin Ahmed) responsible for any of the violations
- no mention of a systemic state policy to crush the demonstrations
- no mention of the most issue the military occupying the hospital
The King gave a speech after. Speech was pre-written. Again I will tell you what he did not say:
- immediate release of prisoners and the dropping of all charges".
- he did not call for an immediate prisoner release and the dropping of all charges
- he did not hold any higher level officials (let alone King, Prime Minister, Khalid Bin Ahmed and Khalifa Bin Ahmed) responsible for any of the violations
- no mention of a systemic state policy to crush the demonstrations
- no mention of the most issue the military occupying the hospital
The King gave a speech after. Speech was pre-written. Again I will tell you what he did not say:
- immediate release of prisoners and the dropping of all charges".
