Withdraw U.S. support of the al-Khalifa regime in Bahrain, which continues to violate the human rights of its citizens.

The ruling al-Khalifa royal family continues to inflict human rights violations on its citizens, yet the U.S. government acknowledges Bahrain as an ally, and has supplied the al-Khalifa regime with arms. Such support cannot continue. We ask that the administration: 1) withdraw U.S. support of the al-Khalifa regime and halt all current and future arms sales to Bahrain while it remains under such rule, 2) withdraw the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters from Bahrain and move it back on board a flagship, 3) pressure democratic reform and end the human rights violations in Bahrain, and 4) demand the release of all doctors, nurses and paramedics who have injudiciously been imprisoned.