distinguished panel of journalists, intellectuals, statesmen and
human rights defenders. And of course there will be an award
dinner with a keynote speaker of impeccable reputation, who has
been convinced that Bahrain is aggressively laying the
groundwork for an inclusive democratic society.
All this may also succeed in reassuring the sponsors of Formula
One auto racing that it's OK for them to drive in Bahrain.
Meanwhile, the improvised, home-grown PR machinery of the
demonstrators will continue to push out story after story
designed to heighten awareness of the dire human rights situation
still prevailing in the tiny Kingdom. Journalists covering this story
- and there are very few of them - will continue to receive
pictures of corpses butchered by their jailers.
And e-mailed statements from those leaders not yet arrested or
out on bail. And daily tallies of deaths and detentions and
military trials and the usual array of police state toys.
The ensuing war of the press releases may help determine
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