Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The wave of hostility towards the British government has escalated in Bahrain after arresting Al Wefaq's secretary general, Sheikh Ali Salman. The opposition groups accused the British authorities for inciting the Bahraini regime to strictness towards the opposition that sought to end up the acquisition of Al Khalifa family on the authority since 2011.

Unlike EU and USA who expressed their concern regarding the arrest of Al Wefaq's secretary general and its effects on the escalating of tension in Bahrain, Britain did not issue any stance regarding the arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman.

The protestors burned the British flag in A'ali, south of Manama, which is considered the first of this kind of action in Bahrain where the protestors used to burn the American flag during pro-Palestinian protests.

The Bahraini opposition declared in a statement (on 6th December 2014) its refusal to establish a navy base for Britain in Bahrain after both sides announced reaching an agreement through which Bahrain builds a British base at 8 million dollar cost.

British ambassador to Bahrain, Iain Lindsay, attacked the Bahraini opposition for boycotting the parliamentary elections held in November 2014. Meanwhile, he considered Al Wefaq's rejection to establish a British base an opposition to the international alliance against ISIS.

From its side, Waad, the opposition society, considered the British ambassador's statements, "an interference in the internal affairs through launching improper and incompatible characteristics to the public inciting and aggravating for conditions media policy and a try to demonize the opposition and blockade of a main component in the country."

Nabeel Rajab, the president of Bahrain Center for Human rights, said, "I think we will see a lot of people who reject this base, especially that it is related to a government that opposes our struggle for democracy and human rights and totally supports the repressive regime in Bahrain."

Andrew Smith, the spokesman of Campaign Against Arms Trade, revealed (in the past September) that Bahrain bought lastyear 18 million dollar worth of arms from Britain in return of its silence regarding the violations in Bahrain.

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