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Bahrain Media Roundup: Read More Read More
Bahrain Media Roundup: Read More Read More
Bahrain Media Roundup: Read More Read More
Shiite-led opposition to mark Fridays anniversary as they seek to give new momentum to their campaign for a constitutional monarchy in the Gulf state. Clouds of tear gas billowed from the streets of several villages outside the capital Manama as security forces attempted to dismantle roadblocks of burning tyres, the witnesses said. The opposition has been demanding an elected government. Read More The majority Shiite-led opposition has called for three days of protests to mark the anniversary and as a part of a new campaign calling for political reform in the Sunniminority led country.
Bahrainis Take to the Streets on 3rd Anniversary of Uprising, as John Timoney and U.S. Government Continue Their Role in Violent Crackdown
Bahrainis are taking to the streets this week for protests that coincide with the three-year anniversary of a popular revolution sparked by the so-called Arab Spring of 2011. Unfortunately, it is less a
Witnesses reported that "clouds of tear gas" covered the streets of several Shiite-majority villages around the capital Manama as authorities attempted to contain the demonstrations.! Read More ruling Al-Khalifa family, police red tear gas in several villages outside the capital Manama as security forces attempted to dismantle roadblocks of burning tyres. Protesters chanted "Down with Hamad", referring to the king and "Only to Allah we kneel". Read More
taking to the streets on Friday in villages around the capital, continue to call for a constitutional monarchy and a resumption of the uprising, under the slogan ''only to Allah we kneel''. The interior ministry has warned against any violence and asked that the law against the protestors be used - as was the case three years ago. About 90 people have been killed in the three years since the beginning of the uprising, according to the International Federation for Human Rights. Read More the main opposition group,has called for the launching of an international campaign to address US President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via social networks. According to Al-Wefaq's website, the opposition says they will continue holding demonstrations until their demands for the establishment of a democratically elected government and an end to rights violations are met. Read More commemorating the anniversary of the start of their uprising!with protests that will ll the streets of Bahrain. These protests were called for two weeks ago by opposition political organizations. The conference began its activities yesterday [Feb. 12] at the Coral Beach Hotel in Beirut, in the presence of political and human rights dignitaries, with a short lm that recounted the story of the Bahraini revolution from Feb. 14, 2011, until today. Read More
A January 15 meeting between Crown Prince Salman and opposition leaders, including Ali Salman, secretary-general of al-Wifaq, the main Shii Islamist party, was seen as particularly groundbreaking. The meeting came just a week after a year-long but fruitless national dialogue was ofcially suspended and less than a month after Ali Salman had been briey detained and banned from travel for a speech he gave during Friday prayers. It was an abrupt, and thus symbolic, break with what had seemed to be the hard line of the ruling Al Khalifa. Read More took to the streets in the small Gulf kingdom on February 14 that year, today are left wondering if President Obama had Bahrain in mind when he proclaimed [H]istory! is on the move in the Middle East wherever people long to be free, they will nd a friend in the United States, or when he stated, we cannot hesitate to stand squarely on the side of those reaching for their rights, knowing that their success will bring about a world that is more peaceful, more stable and more just. Read More The Coalition of the National Political Associations, headed by the National Unity Assembly (NUA), has demanded a timeframe for the talks to fast-track the process, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication. Read More
take to the streets to mark the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising. The authorities relentless repression of dissent continues unabated with security forces repeatedly using excessive force to quash anti-government protests, said Said Boumedouha, Amnesty Internationals Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa. Read More
Three years have passed since the protests started and yet the Bahraini authorities continue to fail in their promises of implementing the BICI recommendations, including the release all prisoners of conscience, ending torture and arbitrary detention, and bringing ofcials responsible for human rights violations to justice, declared Karim Lahidji, FIDH president. Read More