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Bahraini hunger striker’s letter to President Obama
Read in full here. Excerpt: I write to you from Bahrain, after living through horrible injustice that I would never wish upon anyone in the world. Security forces attacked my home, broke our doors with sledgehammers, and terrified my family. … Continue reading
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Bahraini Activists Dying in Custody
This regime will one day answer for all of this. Al-Jazeera: A Bahraini businessman who was a member of the country’s leading Shia Muslim opposition group, Wefaq, has died in police custody, sources say. There was no immediate reaction by state … Continue reading
Bahrain’s Rulers Tighten Their Grip on Battered Opposition
NYTimes: With Saudi troops now in the country to support King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, Bahrain has taken on the likeness of a police state. There have been mass arrests, mass firings of government workers, reports of torture and, on … Continue reading
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Video: Bahrain’s Crackdown
See the testament to the Bahraini government’s notion of “reforms” here. When a government, any government, has to resort to such detestable brutality, it has lost all legitimacy to rule. They can rule with violence, but only for a short … Continue reading
Bahraini opposition leader says Saudi force must go
AJE: Bahrain’s Shia opposition leader has demanded that the Saudi-led force that was invited into the country to help quell anti-government protests should leave the country. Ali Salman said on Wednesday that foreign troops must leave because the opposition rejects “any military intervening … Continue reading
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Iraq’s Maliki says Bahrain may ignite sectarian war
Reuters: We did not move to support the Shi’ites in Bahrain but we called for interference in Bahraini affairs to be stopped and don’t want to make it a sectarian issue. Because if it happens, it will be like a … Continue reading
Don’t forget about the struggle in Bahrain
Latest al-Jazeera video.
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Yemen cracks down, fury in Bahrain, protests in Syria, Qaddafi still fighting in Libya, Egypt votes
Crackdown in Yemen (Video) Fury in Bahrain (Video) Protests spread to Syria (Video) Qaddafi violating “ceasefire” (Video) Egypt’s referendum (Video)
Qaddafi is spearheading the wider counter-revolution
When the Tunisian protest movement succeeded in toppling its dictator, the protests spread like wildfire to the rest of the region. Mubarak in Egypt fell, protests brought things to a standstill in Bahrain and Yemen, and revolutionaries in Libya responded … Continue reading
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Calls for End to Bahrain monarchy
Will the avowed ‘Beacon of Liberty,” the United States, support the people who want to create a republic or the regime, a monarchy that enjoys absolute powers? Thus far, the Obama Administration has violated its own core principles by aligning … Continue reading
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U.S. Backs Bahrain Royalty, Varying Playbook on Revolt
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. is stepping up its support for Bahrain’s beleaguered ruling family, throwing a lifeline to a key ally and signaling Washington’s willingness to vary its approach depending on its strategic interests and the willingness of autocratic … Continue reading
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Dictators Stand Together: Saudi Arabia says it’s ready to help Bahrain’s rulers
If Saudi Arabia pledges to come to Bahrain and prevent the downfall of the dictatorship there, I say let the protests spread to all corners of Saudi Arabia so as to bog down the regime there while Bahrainis overthrow their … Continue reading
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Footage of the Massacre in Yesterday’s Bahrain
See it here but brace yourself, it’s brutal and gruesome.
Protests Spread… Iran, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen…
See the video of protests in Bahrain here. See the video of protests in Libya here. Read the news about Iran here. Read the news about Yemen here.