Nombreux affrontements au Bahrein – 31 décembre 2011

Youth protesters, police clash across Bahrain

moneycontrol.com

Jan 01, 2012

DUBAI (Reuters) – Shi’ite youths chanting slogans against Bahrain’s royal family clashed with riot police across the Gulf island kingdom on Saturday, trying to block highways in a second day of protests, residents said.

« Death to Al-Khalifa, Death to Al-Saud, » protesters shouted, also targeting the Saudi ruling family, as they were chased backed into mostly Shi’ite Muslim villages by police who fired teargas, the residents said.

« The protests are not as big as the demonstrations on Friday. Police are focusing on trying to force protesters back into villages, » one resident told Reuters.

Activists said in Twitter messages that a youth died after being injured in clashes in Sitra village. There was no immediate report on state media about the incident.

Inspired by « Arab Spring » uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, thousands of mainly Shi’ite Bahrainis took to the streets in February and March demanding curbs on the power of the Sunni Muslim Al-Khalifa family and an end to perceived discrimination. Read more…