Pro Democracy protests in Bahrain | News & Discussions

[Syrian Lion]

8 year old girl receives an arrest warrant for protesting "illegally" she accepts it with an honor and a smile with victory sign

 

[beast89]

Iran need to supply some guns....I'm pretty sure once these protestors can defend themselves KSA security will run away

 

[Serpentine]

Iran need to supply some guns....I'm pretty sure once these protestors can defend themselves KSA security will run away

They are not armed and they are already being called terrorist by hypocrite Arab salafi members here,only because they are Shia.You can see an example in previous page.It's very funny,calling unarmed protesters terrorists,but calling the real terrorists in Syria,freedom fighters.

If Iran actually wants,we can arrest the king himself in Manama in less than a day no matter how many Saudi soldiers are protecting him,but the west is just looking for an excuse to attack us or put more pressure on us,we won't give it to them.People of Bahrain will eventually reach their freedom and will kick out the Puppet king and Saudi elements from the country.

 

[Banu Umayyah]

They are not armed and they are already being called terrorist by hypocrite Arab salafi members here,only because they are Shia.You can see an example in previous page.It's very funny,calling unarmed protesters terrorists,but calling the real terrorists in Syria,freedom fighters.

If Iran actually wants,we can arrest the king himself in Manama in less than a day no matter how many Saudi soldiers are protecting him,but the west is just looking for an excuse to attack us or put more pressure on us,we won't give it to them.People of Bahrain will eventually reach their freedom and will kick out the Puppet king and Saudi elements from the country.

When the protestors held signs of Khomeini and flags of Iran and Hizballah everyone knew that they had no loyalty to Bahrain. If they come in power they will act as an Iranian base in the Arabian gulf 20 km from our borders, not to mention they will try to exterminate the Sunni community under Tehran orderes just like what happend in Iraq. We will never allow this to happen even if we have to annex this tiny island.

 

[Syrian Lion]

When the protestors held signs of Khomeini and flags of Iran and Hizballah everyone knew that they had no loyalty to Bahrain. If they come in power they will act as an Iranian base in the Arabian gulf 20 km from our borders, not to mention they will try to exterminate the Sunni community under Tehran orderes just like what happend in Iraq. We will never allow this to happen even if we have to annex this tiny island.

What are you talking about?? Iran didn't even say an actual statement toward Bahrain yet...... so Iran is still silent..... then Bahrain has a U.S base, why isn't that a threat for you?? you know that there are Israelis in most American bases...

 

[Serpentine]

When the protestors held signs of Khomeini and flags of Iran and Hizballah everyone knew that they had no loyalty to Bahrain. If they come in power they will act as an Iranian base in the Arabian gulf 20 km from our borders, not to mention they will try to exterminate the Sunni community under Tehran orderes just like what happend in Iraq. We will never allow this to happen even if we have to annex this tiny island.

I didn't know the hot weather of the desert has made you delusional to this level.It's good you escaped to Canada.
So Iraqi Sunnis are exterminated?Did I miss that show?Those protesters held flags from Iran and Hezbollah because they are Shias,not because they are sent from Iran.It seems Abdullah's propaganda network has worked very well on you.The only ones capable of killing other sects,exterminating,suicide bombing and any other violent crimes,are those terrorists in Syria,and their likes,also their supporers,the Tyrants of Qatar,Bahrain,Saudi Arabia and etc.

 

[Syrian Lion]

Bahraini Regime Arrests Dozens of Protesters


Bahraini security forces arrested 29 protestors in the capital, Manama as demonstrations against the Al-Khalifa regime continue in the tiny Persian Gulf island.

The security forces arrested 29 peaceful demonstrators in the commercial district of the capital Manama on Friday as anti-government protesters marched in the city center.

Bahrain, where the US Fifth Fleet is based, has been in political turmoil since a protest movement erupted in February 2011 demanding democratic reforms.

The demonstration was organized by the opposition group February 14, said Jasim Husain, one of the leaders of the main opposition group, Al-Wefaq.

"People should have the right to stage rallies in the capital. A rally on a Friday afternoon is not a big deal. It will not undermine the economy," said Husain.

It came two weeks after protesters and police clashed in the city centre for the first time since last year, following months of demonstrations in other parts of Manama and elsewhere in the country.

In Bahrain, the weekend falls on a Friday.

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty's over-40-year rule, end of discrimination, establishment of justice and a democratically-elected government as well as freedom of detained protesters.

Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar - were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13, 2011, to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.

So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and thousands of others have been injured.

 

[Syrian Lion]

Bahraini court confirms jail terms for medics who aided protesters
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Bahrain's top court confirmed the jail sentences of nine doctors for their role in last year’s pro-democracy protests, state news agency BNA reported. The medics will be imprisoned for up to five years.
On Monday, Attorney General Abdul-Rahman al-Sayed said the country’s Court of Cassation rejected all of the defendants’ appeals and upheld the verdicts, BNA said.
The nine medics were among the twenty individuals tried by a Bahraini military tribunal in September 2011. The tribunal charged the doctors with felonies for their role in the February protests, which included treating antigovernment activists wounded by security forces and reporting those injuries to foreign media. Some of the medics also participated in the protests.
The Bahraini government accused them of crimes including occupying a hospital and inciting hatred towards the country’s ruling royal family.
The whole process was conducted under the ruling family's control, Khalil al-Marzooq, a member of the Bahraini opposition al-Wefaq Party, told RT.
“The whole judicial process in Bahrain is sort of dependent of the direction from the ruling family. And what happened today was headed by the ruling family members,” he said.
Al-Marzooq accuses the government of applying “double standards,” saying the country's courts only pays attention to and punishes protesters, while totally ignoring killers and torturers if they have the right connections.
Bahraini political activist Saeed Shehabi calls the decision to reject the appeal “political.”
“To make them innocent would be to go against the reputation of the regime. They are saying, ‘we are here, we determine the sentences, and no one can change our mind – whether it’s the international human rights organizations or political activists,’” Shehabi told RT.
A June 2012 retrial by a civilian court resulted in the acquittal of nine of the health workers, and a reduction of sentences for nine others. Ali al-Ekri, whom the government labeled the ringleader of the doctors and nurses on trial, received a five-year sentence. The nine appealed the decision to Bahrain’s top court.
Two medics who had previously been sentenced to 15 years each did not appeal their cases, and are believed to be in hiding.
The case sparked international criticism of the Bahraini government. Several human rights groups and professional medical organizations called the sentence an unjust retaliation against people attempting to simply do their jobs amidst the crackdown on the opposition.

Bahraini court confirms jail terms for medics who aided protesters — RT

 

[Syrian Lion]

Bahraini police disperse protesters with tear gas, water cannon​

Water cannon and tear gas has been deployed to disperse hundreds of anti-government demonstrators in the capital of Manama. Protesters hurled firebombs at police, as they gathered after the funeral of an activist who died whilst in custody.

Clashes broke out after the crowd tried to break through to Pearl Square, which was the cradle of the popular uprising in Bahrain last year. Riot police units were showered by petrol bombs and stones, with one water cannon catching fire.

The clashes followed a memorial service for Mohammed Ali Ahmed Mushaima, who died on Tuesday. Mushaima, 23, had been in hospital since August.

Authorities say he died of blood disease, but opposition activists insist he was refused the proper treatment, which lead to his death.

In March 2011 Mushaima was detained with hundreds other protesters, inspired by the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt and Tunisia. He died whilst serving a seven year prison term on charges of “vandalism, rioting, assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest”.

Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy’s Fifth fleet, continues to see almost daily demonstrations and clashes. The Shiite Muslim majority demands a bigger role in running the country controlled by al-Khalifa family, who are Sunni Muslims.

At least 50 people have died in nearly 20 months of unrest, with a 16-year-old boy becoming one of the latest victims.

Thousands of anti-government activists have been arrested, says the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. This includes human rights activist Nabeel Rajab who, after several detainments, was sentenced to three years in jail for “participation in an illegal assembly” and “calling for a march without prior notification.” His bail request was rejected on September, 10.


Bahraini police disperse protesters with tear gas, water cannon (PHOTOS) — RT

I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES. ALJAZEERA IS TALKING ABOUT BAHRAIN ...
this video is form 2011

 

[Serpentine]

How dare you Syrian Lion?
Bahrain protesters are all terrorists and Iranian agents.Only the Syrian rebels are freedom fighters.

 

[Bratva]

How dare you Syrian Lion?
Bahrain protesters are all terrorists and Iranian agents.Only the Syrian rebels are freedom fighters.

You forgot the Iranian terrorist who dared to protest in 2009 and how bravely and proudly Basij handled the whole situation!

 

[Syrian Lion]

You forgot the Iranian terrorist who dared to protest in 2009 and how bravely and proudly Basij handled the whole situation!

If it was popular protest then it would have been still going.... look at Bahrain they been protesting for over 2 years facing the Saudi and Bahraini forces...

THIS IS A REAL REVOLUTION

 

[Bratva]

If it was popular protest then it would have been still going.... look at Bahrain they been protesting for over 2 years facing the Saudi and Bahraini forces...

THIS IS A REAL REVOLUTION

That's what Syrian people were doing,,, Popular protest. If Asad forces acted like Bahrini forces, these protests would have remain protests.But Assad Army started killing these protestors thus turning them in to killing machines.

 

[forcetrip]

There is no doubt that assad handled this situation very very poorly. The protests should have been unarmed like they still are in bahrain. The biggest blunder from his side could have been to violently pacify the protests even after seeing what was happening in libya. Still does not excuse what is happening now when terrorists are rolling in with NATO money, and I thought i had seen everything there is to see in the world.

 

[upriver]

I would'nt call it civil unrest. I would call it ethnic tensions. A Shiite majority is getting impatient with a Sunni minority ruling over them. Plus Iran is involved.