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    Bahrain Will Not Let Protesters Celebrate Uprising Anniversary

    Bahrain Will Not Let Protesters Celebrate Uprising Anniversary

    Stun guns, tear gas, and rubber bullets--those are the Valentine's Day presents Bahraini police are giving protesters who are looking to march on the anniversary of last year's pro-democracy uprisings. Activists have urged thousands and many are expected to march on the now-crumbled Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain's capital city of Manama--the epicenter of last year's protests. Bahraini police don't want to see that happen. 

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    "Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters on Monday evening and protesters hurled firebombs and rocks at security forces," reports the AP. The BBC confirms the tear gas and stun gun firings, along with police firing rubber bullets in the outskirts of Manama. The BBC also adds that riot police have been deployed throughout the country in anticipation for demonstrations, noting  that on Monday evening "demonstrators advanced about 2km (1.5 miles) towards Pearl Roundabout before they were pushed back by riot police."

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    On Twitter, there are reports of highways being blocked and traffic being diverted away from Manama, as well as concern over the type of force police are using.  The BBC reports that at least 60 people have been killed since the uprising last year. "Because your cause is justice and you will get at the end what you want." Khalil al-Marzuq, a politician affiliated with the largest opposition party in the kingdom, told the BBC. "This is a non-violent movement and should continue to be [a] non-violent movement."

     

    12 comments

    • FEIGMO  •  3 mths ago
      I am surprised that you knuckle-heads are not blaming the OWS !
    • a  •  Irvine, California  •  3 mths ago
      Does that even mean that they can't at home?
    • Fergie  •  Manama, Bahrain  •  3 mths ago
      Well i have not been part of the situation I hear about everyday. It would seem nonviolent demonstration could be tolerated but Molotov cocktails should not be part of the plan! In my opinion the Gov. has every right to stop them in such a case.
    • nobody  •  3 mths ago
      When the UN will slap sanction on Bahrain ????? Or the democracy movements are allowed only in some state by World goverment ????
    • Andrew  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      Nonviolent movement? Funny how they the protestors can say that with a straight face. I live here, and for the past year it has been nothing but petty terrorism. Arson in the roads, molotov cocktails thrown at police, and random beatings of non protestors. It is all a ploy to use terror for their political gain. And seriously, the guy who wrote this uses Twitter as a source? What a joke.
    • Mike  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      Typical of the OWS!
    • Willow™  •  3 mths ago
      Who wants to move to Bahrain?
      • FEIGMO 3 mths ago
        YOU , if you have been there.
    • MayorGalvan  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Galvanize and overthrow the corrupt and murderous dictatorship of Bahrain !
    • Mark  •  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      Non- violence = fire bombs and rocks? So when the U.S uses precision arms which are nothing but computer guided rocks (concrete) we now can kill people non-violently. Did some one mention napalm is just a big Molotov Cocktail?
    • Kim  •  3 mths ago
      Saudi Arbia does not tolerate the prodemcracy that it forces on other countries
    • Mensajero  •  3 mths ago
      The majority should rule a country! Democracy = Demos (people) cratos (power)
      • Mark 3 mths ago
        Justice and law should rule a country, mob rule sucks.
    • Glen Goin  •  Brooklyn, New York  •  3 mths ago
      Shia muslims...even more deranged and nuts than the sunnis.
      • FEIGMO 3 mths ago
        I am surprised that you knuckle-heads are not blaming the OWS !
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