Alwaght- Kuwaiti government has issued an arrest warrant against one of its parliament members after he attended the International Conference in Support of the Yemeni People, Bahrain Mirror reported.
Abdulhameed Dashti, member of Kuwaiti parliament, said two arrest warrants have been issued against him, one through Interpol, for participating in the International Conference for the Support of the Yemeni People.
The two days International Conference for the Support of the Yemeni People was held in London on 20-21 August, 2016. Activists and journalists from Arab as well as other countries across the globe took part in the event to show solidarity with the Yemeni people against the Saudi-led aggression.
Dashti stressed those warrants were the result of Saudi pressure directed against his vocal opposition to the Kingdom’s aggressions in Yemen.
"My guilt, and that of my government and nation is that we are Saudi Arabia's neighbors, and we are paying the price for being its neighbor," The Bahraini website cited Dashti as saying during the London Conference. Declaring that this was an expected move, the Kuwaiti law maker said Saudi Arabia seeks to "mute all those who support the Yemeni cause".
"We gather here today to witness the Yemeni people demanding to decide their own fate", he said, adding that the Yemeni people were so powerful not to bow despite the Saudi warplanes and bombardments.
Saudi Arabia aggression against Yemen started in March 2015 and followed by ground operations to undermine the ruling Ansarullah movement and restore power to refugee president Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi. Nearly 10,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in Riyadh’s military aggression which lacks any international mandate.
Mr. Dashti is currently head of "The International Council for the Support of Fair Trial and Human Rights", an organization to which the United Nations granted a counseling membership based in Geneva.
He is also renowned for supporting Bahraini uprisings against Saudi-supported ruling regime which were hammered violently followed by yet another Saudi military operation.
Anti-regime protests in Bahrain began on February 14, 2011 and has continued despite state crackdown on activists resulting in trial and imprisonment of many including Sheikh Qassim whose Bahraini citizenship was revoked by the regime leading to numerous demonstrations inside and outside the country.
