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Fired Bahraini workers demand jobs

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2011

PressTV

1st August, 2011

Hundreds of workers in Bahrain have assembled outside the Ministry of Labor, demanding the government reinstate all unlawfully dismissed workers.

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Anti-regime rally held in N Bahrain

Posted by seumasach on July 31, 2011

PressTV

31st July, 2011

Anti-government protesters have held another rally in northern Bahrain, despite the regime’s continuing crackdown on demonstrations.

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Bahrainis to stage anti-US Friday sit-in

Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2011

PressTV

29th July, 2011

Bahrain’s February 14 Movement has called for a mass sit-in in front of the US embassy in Manama to condemn Washington’s interference in the internal affairs of the Persian Gulf country.

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US navy’s fifth fleet could abandon Bahrain

Posted by seumasach on July 21, 2011

John Glaser

Antiwar.com

20th July, 2011

The U.S. Navy is considering moving its Fifth Fleet from where it has long been stationed in Bahrain’s capital, Manama. Bahrain’s ruling al Khalifa family has beenviolently cracking down on pro-democracy protesters in recent months and rising allegations of systematic human rights violations are creating a public relations issue for the U.S., a longtime supporter and ally of the dictatorship.

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Bahraini protesters stage new rallies

Posted by seumasach on July 6, 2011

PressTV

6th July, 2011

The latest demonstration happened in north Sehla district, south of Manama, in an apparent protest against the negotiation, which is reportedly aimed to put an end to the political crisis in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdom, local sources told Press TV on Wednesday.

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One dies in fresh Bahraini clashes

Posted by seumasach on July 2, 2011

PressTV

 

1st July, 2011

As anti-regime demonstrations continue in Bahrain, one protestor has died of injuries on his head sustained by a stun-bomb thrown by the regime’s security forces.

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UK to be sued over Bahrain crackdown

Posted by seumasach on June 18, 2011

PressTV

18th June, 2011

The lawyers from Lebanon, Spain, France and Italy accuse Britain of selling arms, including sniper rifles, to the Manama regime and training Bahraini police forces, who are accused of using heavy-handed tactics against anti-government protesters in the Persian Gulf sheikdom, a Press TV correspondent reported.

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Bahrainis hold mass protest in Sitra

Posted by seumasach on June 17, 2011

PressTV

17th June, 2011

Thousands of Bahraini anti-government protesters have poured into the streets in the island city of Sitra, following a call by the country’s largest opposition group al-Wefaq.

The Friday rally was the second mass anti-government demonstration organized by al-Wefaq since the heavy mid-March government crackdown on protesters.

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Bahrain topples its own people

Posted by seumasach on May 10, 2011

Pepe Escobar

Asia Times

11th May, 2011

March 14, 2011, will go down in history as the infamous day when the House of Saud launched – with full United States backing – a vicious counter-revolution designed to smash the Gulf chapter of the great 2011 Arab revolt. (See Exposed: The US/Saudi Libya deal Asia Times Online, April 2, 2011).

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Bahrain: International stands humiliate Al Khalifa, Saudi occupiers

Posted by seumasach on May 8, 2011

Bahrain Freedom Movement

6th May, 2011

As the Al Khalifa dictators and the Saudi occupiers continue their crackdown against the people of Bahrain, the regime is facing difficult choices. On one hand the international pressures are mounting despite the American and British support. President Obama called Bahrain’s dictator earlier this week to warn him against pursuing the destructive path of human rights violations, the continuing detention of the medical staff including doctors and nurses and against the sectarian cleansing. Despite their arrogance, the Al Khalifa were forced to release some of the female medical staff despite their earlier fabrication of stories to incriminate them. There are growing feelings that the world is finally beginning to discover the full extent of the Al Khalifa crimes and to take firm stands against this bloodthirsty regime.

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Lawyers sue Bahraini regime at Hague

Posted by seumasach on May 7, 2011

PressTV

7th May, 2011

May al-Khansa, a Lebanese lawyer representing a number of her European colleagues, told journalists earlier that the world should not turn a blind eye on the human rights violations in Bahrain.

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