Clashes erupt after Bahrain Grand Prix exhibit protest

bbc.co.uk

Bahraini security forces have fired stun grenades at protesters outside a cultural exhibition in Manama ahead of Sunday’s Formula 1 Grand Prix.

A local journalist told the BBC the demonstrators in Old Manama were shouting « Down, down, F1 » and demanding the release of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja.

The activist has been on hunger strike in prison for more than two months.

Mr Khawaja’s lawyer earlier told the BBC that his client had removed the intravenous drip keeping him alive.

The 52-year-old told his wife on Tuesday afternoon that he was also now refusing anything but water, Mohammed al-Jishi said.

Mr Khawaja believed nothing was being done to resolve his continued detention, and this was the only way to force the issue, he added. Read more…

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~ par Alain Bertho sur 19 avril 2012.

Publié dans émeutes, riots, الشغب