Bahrain opposition calls for restoring back the constitution of 1973

The Bahraini opposition in Britain has called on King of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, to resort back to enact the constitution of 1973 and to stop violations of human rights which it says that the citizens of Bahrain are exposed to.

The opposition indicated in a press conference held at the upper house, and under the patronage of Lord Evepry of the democratic liberals party, and the attendance of Jeremy Corpin, the labor parliament member, that the flagrant violations of human rights in Bahrain include racial discrimination between Arabs and non-Arabs.

The opposition also demanded ending discrimination against women, and to halt what it called alienating the greater majority of the Bahraini society from governmental and higher posts.

In a statement, the chairman of the Bahraini center for human rights, Abdul Hadi al-Khawajah, said that the reforms introduced by the government are positive, but not enough, especially in the area of enhancing values of equality, justice, the state of the law and honoring human rights.