Eight Bahrain cops injured in clashes

khaleejtimes.com

13 August 2011

MANAMA — Eight policemen and a rioter were injured in clashes in various villages in Bahrain on Thursday night.

One of the policemen sustained serious head injuries after he was attacked by rioters, while one of the rioters sustained eye injury, according to the official Twitter account of the Ministry of Interior. Read more…

Bahrain protests: ‘The repression is getting worse’

guardian.co.uk,

Monday 8 August 2011

Months after its brief exposure to the Arab spring, Bahrain’s cat-and-mouse routine of protest and repression continues
Hassan Ali Salman is a stocky, fit-looking young man. But he flailed in vain as the police officers grabbed him, one forcing his T-shirt roughly up over his head as three or four others laid in with their wooden batons, dragging and pushing him to a line of waiting Land Cruisers and more helmeted cops.

Behind him, on a bare breezeblock wall, crudely drawn nooses encircle the names Hamad and Khalifa – in reference to the king of Bahrain and his uncle the prime minister – alongside graffiti demanding their execution and the overthrow of the regime.

The recent scene in Sitra, a short drive from central Manama, the capital, provided an ugly glimpse into the cat-and-mouse routine of protests and repression in this Gulf island state. Filmed secretly, posted on YouTubeand distributed on Twitter, it exposes what Bahrain’s western-backed government prefers foreigners not to see.

In the nearby cemetery lies the grave of Zainab al-Juma, a disabled woman who died in July after inhaling tear gas from a police grenade. The black flag that marks her « martyrdom » hangs limp in the hot, still air. Another local victim was Ahmed Farhan, shot in March, his brains spilling out of his shattered head live on camera as horrified screams sounded all around.

Bahrain is far quieter now than during its brief exposure to the winds of the Arab spring in February and March, but unrest continues. Every night cries of « Allahu Akbar » (God is greatest) echo through the villages of a Shia underclass that has chafed under the Sunni Al Khalifa dynasty since the country’s independence from Britain in 1971. Read more…

• This article was amended on 10 August 2011 to clarify and attribute complaints about the renaming of Pearl Roundabout.

Saudi-backed Bahraini forces attack protesters

old.tehrantimes.com

2 08 2011

Saudi-backed Bahraini security forces on Monday fired tear gas at peaceful anti-regime protesters in the village of Nuwaidrat as the brutal crackdown continues.

The attack comes as protesters have demanded an end to the Al Khalifa regime, complaining about injustice and discrimination. 

There is no report on the number of casualties in the attack. 

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed their first batch of military forces in Bahrain in mid-March. 

Late last month, Saudi Arabia increased the number of it forces in Bahrain in an attempt to further help the ruling regime clamp down on anti-regime demonstrators. 

Amnesty International has criticized the Al Khalifa regime for its violations of international law by brutally cracking down on peaceful protesters and activists. Read more…

Bahraini Forces Attack Protesters in Nuwaidrat, Sanabis, Eker, and Sitra on Wednesday

abna.ir

21 07 2011

Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces have once again attacked peaceful protesters as the five-month-old revolution continues in the Persian Gulf state

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Riot police fired tear gas on the protesters in Nuwaidrat, Sanabis, Eker, and Sitra on Wednesday.

The protesters were fired at when they were shouting slogans of death to the ruling Al Khalifa family.

Meanwhile, an international rights group has urged Bahrain to stop harassing and intimidating reporters critical of the Saudi-backed regime.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement it had documented cases of two journalists who died while in police custody and many others being detained or tortured in Bahrain since the beginning of protests in mid-February. Read more…

~ par Alain Bertho sur 13 août 2011.

Publié dans émeutes, riots, الشغب