12th March 2012

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Bahrain protesters boost pressure with huge rally - 09/03/12

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters flooded a major highway in Bahrain on Friday in one of the largest opposition rallies in months against the Gulf nation's rulers. Security forces fired tear gas at smaller groups attempting to reach a heavily guarded square that was once the hub of the uprising. The march was called as a show of resolve by a Shiite-led rebellion against Bahrain's Sunni monarchy more than a year after the Arab Spring-inspired protests began. The main procession was mostly peaceful, but breakaway groups were driven back by tear gas as they headed toward Pearl Square, which was the center of the uprising for weeks last year until it was stormed by security forces.

A live blog showed images of the protesters carrying banners denouncing "dictatorship" and demanding the release of detainees.

Mass pro-democracy protest rocks Bahrain 10/03/12

Tens of thousands of Bahrainis demonstrated on Friday to demand democratic reforms, stepping up pressure on the U.S.-allied government with the biggest protest yet in a year of unrest. They began marching along a highway near Manama in response to a call from leading Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who urged people to renew their calls for greater democracy.

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"It is one of the largest protests in recent years," Rajab told AFP.

Tens of thousands rally in Bahrain urging reform: activist - 09/03/12

Tens of thousands of Bahrainis flooded the streets of the capital Manama on Friday demanding political reforms, a year after authorities crushed an uprising, an activist said. Policemen fired tear gas at a group of protesters but the rallies were largely peaceful and no one was arrested, said Nabil Rajab, an activist who heads the Bahraini Centre for Human Rights.

Rajab said demonstrators took to the streets in response to calls by several groups, including Bahrain's powerful AlWefaq main Shiite opposition formation, as well as Shiite clerics. Read More Reprinted here:
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Bahrain's Shias demand reform at mass rally 08/03/12

Tens of thousands of Bahrainis have demonstrated outside the capital Manama to demand political reforms, a year after the Gulf Arab state crushed an uprising, witnesses said. A live blog showed images of the protesters carrying banners denouncing "dictatorship" and demanding the release of detainees. "We are here for the sake of our just demands that we cannot make concessions over and we stick with them because we have sacriced for them," Qassim said before the march, during his weekly sermon in the Shia village of Diraz. Read More

Renewed protests demand democracy in Bahrain - 09/03/12

Protesters marched on the outskirts of the Bahraini capital on Friday, demanding democratic reforms amid renewed tension in the island nation more than a year after the beginning of pro-reform demonstrations. The marchers lled a fourlane highway between Duraz and Maksha, and ended peacefully despite

skirmishes between police and some protesters who tried to break away from the main column and reach Lulu Roundabout, the focal point for dramatic standoffs as authorities cracked down on protests last year. A few protesters were injured, but their wounds did not appear serious, according to eyewitnesses. The march was "a prime example of how freedom of expression is guaranteed" by Bahrain's constitution, an Information Affairs Authority spokesman said in a statement. Read More

The protesters began marching along amain roadnearthe cityon Friday in response to a call from leading Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim who urged people to renew their calls for greater democracy.

Bahrain protesters join anti-government march in Manama 09/03/12

Tens of thousands of people have joined an antigovernment march just outside the Bahraini capital, Manama. Video posted online showed protesters with Bahraini ags in a line stretching back hundreds of metres.

The security forces red tear gas at a small group of protesters, but the rally was mostly peaceful. Activists had called for the biggest rally since the Bahraini authorities quelled a popular protest with help from Saudi troops more than a year ago. Next month, the Bahraini Grand Prix is due to be held in what the authorities are trying to promote as a return to normality in the country. Read More

Tens of thousands of Bahraini protesters occupy four-lane highway - 09/03/12

The massive march was a rebuke to Bahraini leaders who have claimed the protests are sputtering out. Bahrain, an island monarchy near Saudi Arabia, has faced more than a year of demonstrations urginggreater democracy and an end todiscrimination against Shiites in the Sunni Muslim state. Human rights groups say the Bahraini government cracked down on dissenters last year witharrests, torture and disproportionate punishments in new military courts. Although the government created an independent commission to investigate the allegations, activists say it hasnt followed through on its recommendations, continuing to hold unjust trials and cracking down on protesters. Read More group Al Wefaq National Islamic Society and its allies. The participants, whose number was estimated by the organizers to be above 100,000, carried placards that read "No to Dictatorship" and pictures of political prisoners arrested during the unrest last year. Read More

Bahrain protesters march in huge rally 09/03/12

Bahraini protesters held a huge rally demanding democratic change in the largest anti-government demonstration since unrest destabilised the strategically important Gulf kingdom last year.

Activists estimated that more than 200,000 people on Friday ooded a suburban highway in an area populated by the majority Shia, who have been demanding political reform from the minority Sunni-led monarchy. The government said the protest, encouraged by the islands most senior Shia cleric, numbered closer to 100,000. Read More

Every day on World Now, we choose a striking photo from around the globe. Today we selected this shot from Bahrain, where tens of thousands of people lled a four-lane highway outside Manama to protest for reform. This shot from above shows the scope of the Friday demonstration.

Thousands of people protest in Bahrain for reforms - 10/03/12

Thousands of people took to the streets in Bahrain on Friday in a mass protest called by opposition groups, demanding for reforms. The protest was spearheaded by Bahrain's largest opposition

Bahrain activists stage pro-reform mass march, demand change 09/03/12

Thousands of Bahrainis marched on the outskirts of the capital Manama on Friday, demanding democratic reforms in the Gulf island kingdom.

The protesters, answering a call from leading Shiite clergyman Isa Qassim, marched 5 kilometers from Duraz, north of Manama, to Maksha village where a day earlier they had ended a week-long sit-in. This rally reects the peoples consensus on the political demands and their determination not to leave the streets before their demands are met, Qassim said in a sermon earlier on Friday. Read More Event leaders estimated the gure at over 250,000 people, but wire agencies and some activists put the gure closer to 100,000. Following the main protest, a few hundred activists attempted to force their way to the Pearl Roundabout the center of pro-democracy protests last year until they were crushed by Bahraini and Saudi troops but were prevented from doing so by security forces who red tear gas. Read More Bahrain," demanding freedom, political reforms and social justice, a year after authorities violently crushed a peaceful uprising. Policemen red tear gas at a group of protesters but the rallies were largely peaceful and no one so far was arrested, an activist said. Read More

Security forces clash with protesters trying to reach symbolic Pearl Square - 09/03/12
Using rubber bullets and tear gas, security forces rebuffed protesters who tried to reach Manamas iconic Pearl Square Friday afternoon. Several hundred protesters had branched off from an earlier massive protest, during which security forces had not intervened. Our Observer, who was among the protesters, tells

us why Pearl Square is so important to the opposition. The day had begun calmly. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters peacefully marched through the streets of Bahrains capital Manama early Friday afternoon, condemning its rulers for crushing repeated protests over the past year. The Shiite-led opposition has repeatedly called for constitutional changes that would limit the power of the ruling Sunni royalty, which currently appoints all major posts in the countrys government. Read More democratic reforms and an end to the U.S.-supported dictatorship.

Hundreds of thousands protest for democracy in Bahrain - 09/03/12

See how the events unfolded by reading our live blog of the day. At least a 100,000 Bahrainis took to the streets of the capital Manama on Friday demanding democratic reforms from the government.

Bahrain reform seems far off after biggest protests in a year09/03/12

In the biggest popular protests in a year ofturmoil, up to 100,000 people demonstrated in Bahrain demanding

Protesters heading for the famouspearl roundabout in the center of the capital were met by security forces blocking the road and ring tear gas. Protesters threw rocks in retaliation. Read More expression enshrined in the constitution. In a statement released shortly after the end of a massive demonstration held alongside the main highway in the north of Bahrain, the court said that King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa was keen on the right of Bahrainis to exercise their rights to express themselves peacefully and within the law in line with the reforms, the National Action Charter and the constitution. Read More resulting in many dead and wounded. Many protesters were imprisoned including doctors who treated the wounded. Protesters tried to reach the famous Pearl Roundabout but security forces blocked the roads, Protesters threw rocks at the police who responded with tear gas. Read More

Here We Are, Bahrain - 09/03/12

IHundreds of thousands of Bahrainis ooded the streets of the capital Manama after Friday prayers in huge demonstration under the title of "Here we are

Royal Court says peaceful rallies reect freedom of expression 10/03/12

Bahrains Royal Court on Friday evening said that the rallies at Al Fateh and in the Northern Governorate today were an indication of the freedom of

PHOTOS: Tens Of Thousands Protest In Bahrain: Down, Down Hamad - 09/03/12

Massive protests rocked the tiny Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain today. In possibly the largest showing in the

countrys Arab Spring uprising, tens of thousands poured into the streets chanting down, down Bahrain: Up to 100,000 Hamad, a reference to King demonstrate for Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain. The Shia majority in reforms - 10/03/12 Bahrain called for an end to discrimination with its uprising The demonstrators are last February, which was met demanding democratic reforms in the country. with sometimes brutal force. Earlier demonstrations were put down with much force Read More

Bahrain protesters march in huge rally 11/03/12

Major trafc disturbances were witnessed on Bahrains roads on Friday after a large number of people turned up for a procession organised by the opposition. Some of the participants hurled stones at policemen and blocked roads.

A huge number of Bahrainis joined the procession in response to a call by a leading Shia scholar Shaikh Isa Qassam. He also attended the event which was held under the theme Obeying Bahrains Call. The procession was held from 3pm to 6pm and passed through various villages from Deraz to Mughsha. Security forces managed to reopen key roads by around 8pm. Read More

Bahrain: Huge opposition march demands democracy 10/03/12

Tens of thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators have marched in Bahrain, over a year after a protest

movement was put down by security forces. The mostly peaceful rally outside the capital Manama was said to be the biggest in months. Tear gas was red at a small group who tried to reach the landmark Pearl Square roundabout. A leading Shiite cleric called the protest. Bahrains Shiite majority was at the forefront of last years revolt against the Sunni Muslim monarchy.

Mass pro-democracy protest in Bahrain 10/03/12

Protesters began marching along a highway in response to a call from leading Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who urged people to renew their calls for greater democracy.

A live blog showed images of the protesters carrying banners denouncing "dictatorship" and demanding the release of detainees, Reuters reports. "We are here for the sake of our just demands that we cannot make concessions over and we stick with them because we have sacriced for them," Sheikh Isa Qassim said before the march during his weekly sermon in the Shi'ite village of Diraz. Read More

Bahrain opposition stages pro-reform mass march - 09/03/12

Thousands of Bahrainis marched on the outskirts of the capital Manama on Friday, demanding democratic reforms in the Gulf island kingdom, dpa reported.

The protesters, answering a call from leading Shiite clergyman Isa Qassim, marched 5 kilometers from Duraz, north of Manama, to Maksha village where a day earlier they had ended a week-long sit-in. "This rally reects the people's consensus on the political demands and their determination not to leave the streets before their demands are met," Qassim said in a sermon earlier on Friday. Read More Bahrain," Sadrist ofcial Ibrahim al-Jabari said in a speech to thousands of demonstrators in the movement's Sadr City bastion in north Baghdad. Jabari also criticised the Arab League for barring Syria from attending an upcoming summit in Baghdad, but allowing Bahrain to join. Read More Reprinted here:
Iraqi Shiites protest against Bahrain - Outcome Magazine Thousands rally in Iraq over Bahrain crackdown - FRANCE 24 www.sunherald.com/ 2012/03/09/3806194/iraqi-shiitesprotest-against.html www.turkishweekly.net/news/ 132313/thousands-rally-in-iraqover-bahrain-crackdown.html Thousands of Iraqis march to support Bahrain revolution Tehran Times

Bahrain protests rise again as 100,000 on street - 09/03/12

Over 100,000 people packed the main Budaiya highway outside Manama today to press the ruling USbacked monarchy to cede more power to representatives of the people.

Protesters carrying banners denouncing the Khalifa "dictatorship" and demanding the release of political prisoners formed a column over a mile long. They chanted: "Down, down Hamad" in reference to King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. Riot police were deployed in force and a helicopter whirred overhead. Read More

Thousands rally in Iraq over Bahrain crackdown - 09/03/12

Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad and cities in the Shiite-majority south of the country on Friday to condemn Bahrain for crushing an uprising a year ago. The protests, organised by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, took place in a half-dozen cities in south Iraq with attendance ranging from dozens to several thousand, AFP reporters said. "The Bahraini king is a king only to himself, not for the oppressed people of

Clashes erupt after funeral in Bahrain 11/03/12

Police in Bahrain red tear gas at protesters following the funeral for a 22-year-old man whose family claims he was fatally injured during clashes earlier this month in the Gulf kingdom. Hundreds of people marched Saturday toward a police station after the burial of Fadhel Mirza, who died early Saturday after suffering head injuries March 1. His family said he was hit at close range by a tear gas canister while walking near street battles between Shiite-

led protesters and security forces for Bahrain's Sunni monarchy. In the clashes after his funeral, some protesters threw rebombs at police. There were no reports of injuries. Read More Reprinted here:
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Bahraini dies of police gunshot wound: opposition 10/03/12

Condemning state "repression of demonstrations calling for political reforms," the Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group Wefaq said Saida Fadhel Mirza alObeidi, 22, was struck in the head on March 1 in Diraz, a village east of Manama.

Doctors said his skull was fractured. However, Wefaq hailed "the peaceful and disciplined character" of a protest which ooded the streets of the capital on Friday, saying hundreds of thousands had taken part in "the largest rally in the history of Bahrain". Policemen red tear gas at a group of protesters but the rally was largely peaceful and no one arrested, said Nabil Rajab, an activist who heads the Bahraini Centre for Human Rights. Read More Fadhel Mirza died after being struck by a tear gas canister during clashes with police, according to the opposition Wefaq party. A police statement conrmed Mirza's head was struck by a hard object. After the funeral riot police red tear gas to clear protesters. Youths responded by throwing petrol bombs in clashes that lasted into the evening. Read More

Saudi-backed Bahraini forces injure protesters in villages 12/03/12

Several Bahraini antigovernment demonstrators have been injured in clashes with Saudi-backed regime forces in a number of villages across Bahrain, Press TVreports.

The clashes broke out during the demonstrations calling for the downfall of the ruling Al Khalifa regime in several villages on Sunday. The protesters also demanded the immediate release of prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi alKhawaja, who was given a life sentence in June last year. Read More Bahrains repetitive demonstrations are more complex than just another Arab rising against a regime. Bahraini King Hamads democratic reforms of 2001 created a true elected parliament but with the monarchy controlling an appointed upper house. The Shia community that claims 70 percent of the population was certainly underrepresented (how much is uncertain without a census; the Sunni contend that the balance is closer to 60-40). Read More

F1 host Bahrain erupts in violence 11/03/12

Hundreds of Bahraini opposition supporters attended the funeral of a 22year-old Shi'ite man in Diraz, west of Bahrain's capital, Manama on Saturday.

Bahrain says to start talks, drop charges for some medics - 10/03/12
An adviser to Bahrain's King Hamad said the Gulf Arab state would hold a "comprehensive dialogue" soon to end a year-long political crisis and the government said it was dropping charges against most medics in a controversial trial. The U.S. ally, home to Washington's Fifth Fleet, has been in turmoil since democracy protests erupted

last year only to be crushed by force one month later. Manama has faced international pressure to redress abuse suffered by majority Shi'ite Muslims during its crackdown and start political reforms. Read More Reprinted here:
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Bahrain: Effective diplomacy melds both interests and principles - 12/03/12

Effective American diplomacy toward Bahrain can blend interest and principle. Doing so requires acknowledging that our base is critical, understanding the Islands communal divisions and recognizing how support for the monarchy coincides with reform.

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BESET BY ONLINE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTENT FILTERING, NETIZENS FIGHT ON 12/03/12

The last report, released in March 2011 at the climax of the Arab Spring, highlighted the fact that the Internet and social networks have been conclusively established as tools for protest, campaigning and circulating information, and as vehicles for freedom. In the months that followed, repressive regimes responded with tougher measures to what they regarded as unacceptable attempts to destabilize their authority. In 2011, netizens were at the heart of the political changes in the Arab world and elsewhere. They tried to resist the imposition of a news and information blackout but paid a high price.Read More backers who are pushing not only for the Saudi-promoted idea of a union among the six Gulf Arab states, but even greater integration, indeed federation, between Manama and Riyadh. Bahrains majority Shia on Friday led one of the islands largest ever demonstrations, shepherding pro-government loyalists closer into Riyadhs embrace. Read More

Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com - Global media watchdog names enemies of Internet edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120312/reporters-withoutborders-enemies-of-the-internet-list-120312/20120312/? hub=EdmontonHome The 12 enemies of the internet - TechDay Bahrain added to list of "Enemies of the Internet" www.itweb.co.za/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=52507:report-names-enemies-ofthe-internet www.chron.com/business/article/Global-media-watchdog-namesenemies-of-Internet-3399093.php Bahrain and Belarus Added to Enemies of the Internet List en.ria.ru/society/20120312/172108941.html Bahrain singled out as an 'enemy of the Internet' | CTV News Belarus, Bahrain Blacklisted 'Enemies Of Internet,' India 'Under Surveillance' Reporters Without Borders names Bahrain enemy of Internet for its crackdown on bloggers - The Washington Post

committed to reform? - 10/03/12 Frost over the World Is Bahrain's government

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Practical challenges before noble aims 12/03/12

The Bahrain uprising has not overturned the government in Manama, but according to one idea its impact could still end the Al Khalifas 230year sovereign rule over the strategic Gulf island. Ironically, it is the ruling familys staunchest domestic

Protests, Investigator Pressure Bahrain 11/03/12

The head of an ofcial inquiry into Bahrain's unrest last year called for the investigation of any senior ofcials involved in the deaths or torture of protesters, as thousands of demonstrators returned to the streets in one of the nation's largest marches in months. Cherif Bassiouni, whose report in November found authorities used excessive

force and widespread torture to shut down a popular uprising, told The Wall Street Journal that Bahrain's Sunni regime hadn't acted on his recommendation that any members of the government guilty of abuses should face justice. "If you follow the system of accountability and justice, you follow the evidence wherever it goes and whoever is responsible has to be held accountable," said Mr. Bassiouni, an Egyptian former United Nations human-rights lawyer. Read More

Bahrain suffering from the classic Shia-Sunni conict - 12/03/12

Today were revisiting Bahrain a small Gulf kingdom said to be suffering from the classic Shia-Sunni conict, part of a broader-scale standoff, stirring the whole of the region. Yet, just how accurate are analysts saying the shiasunni conict is the ultimate cause of the 13 months unrest? What is the nature of

the protests? And what role have the regional and the global powers played in the conict? Weve discussed these and other issues with our guest speakers Nabeel Rajab, Presidentof theBahrainCenter for Human Rights,Dr. Christian Koch, director of the Gulf research foundation and Silvia Colombo, analyst and expert in Middle East policies with the Italian Institute of Foreign relations. Read More

Bahrain the struggle continues - 10/03/12

Pearl Roundabout, where the popular Bahraini protests began on February 14 2011, is today a heavily guarded fortress. Such is the Bahraini leaderships fear of the sites potency as a symbol of the aspirations of the majority of the population, it is under a

heavy police presence night and day. What the mainly Shia opposition dub freedom square in order to link it to Tahrir and popular movements across the Arab region, has successfully been kept in lock down since its central monument was destroyed by security forces nearly a year ago. Any hope of a negotiated settlement seems to be similarly closed off. Read More

Bahrain ofcial says Western media biased toward protesters 10/03/12

After two days of clashes in Bahrain and at least one reported death by security forces hands, the government maintains that there is a Western bias towards the Kingdom when reporting events on the ground.

The kings advisor for diplomatic affairs and Bahrain Demolished Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy landmark may be set Studies Chairman Mohamed for redevelopment Abdul Ghaffar said that the 12/03/12 events unfolding are part of a regional conict in the Arabian Ofcials in Bahrain hope that Gulf and the current conict the area surrounding the over the future of Syria. demolished Pearl Roundabout can be incorporated into a During a meeting with Turkish planned new retail and journalists, he hailed the business development. important role of the press and media in projecting the true narrative the deplorable incidents which hit the Kingdom last February and March. Read More

Councillors in the capital of Manama hope to include the district surrounding the former landmark, which was a focal point of Arab Spring protests, into a proposed $530.5m overhaul of the citys Manama Central Market, reported Trade Arabia. A study into the development is set to be completed by the end of 2013, with work beginning the following year. Read More workfare company A4e is proting from selling tear gas to the Bahraini, Egyptian and Israeli governments. The bulletin includes a model motion for trade union branches and a list of action points. Despite the repression the movement in Bahrain is still ghting. On Friday 9th March 2012 over 500,000 people protested for democracy and civil liberties. You can watch a video of the protests here: Read More

A year of hope and despair The International community must let go of its double standards in dealing HR in the Arab region - 09/03/12
The International community must let go of its double standards in dealing with human rights in the Arab region. Read More

A number of Kuwaiti lawmakers have urged the international community to send an investigative committee to Bahrain to examine the regimes crackdown on protesters. Read More

Solidarity with Bahraini trade unionists new MENAbulletin 11/03/12

Shia cleric: "Al Saud and Al Khalifa in Bahrain follow U.S orders" - 12/03/12
Islamic jurisprudence says Al Saud and Al Khalifa in Bahrain follow the orders given by the U.S. Read More

The bulletin features the latest news on the repression of trade unionists following the uprising last year, and shows how the UK government is continuing to sell arms to the Bahraini government. It also reveals how a member of

Bahraini Forces Martyred 21-Year-Old Shia Protester in Manama - 10/03/12

Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces have martyred a 21year-old protester who was trying to get to the Pearl Square in the capital Manama. Read More

Bahrain presented the best example of the peaceful revolution 12/03/12

Mr. Walid Jumblatt; the head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and the leader of Durze sect afrmed that Bahrain presented the best example of the peaceful revolution. Read More

Kuwaiti MPs call for investigative committee for Bahrain - 11/03/12