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This is a full report about the pearl revolution in Bahrain. It was started in the 14th

of February 2011 and it takes place in the pearl square in the capital of Bahrain

(Manama).

To read the report:

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A B L E O F C O N T E N T S :

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Pearl Tube: Bahrain Revolution ...............................................26

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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :BAHRAIN: Protesters try to get back to Pearl Square

os Angeles Times : Protesters broke the Bahrainovernment curfew early Saturday during a erceandstorm and tried to reach the Pearl Square traf-c circle, where they had camped for weeks before

uthorities removed them in a violent crackdown.

he antigovernment protesters from Shiite villagesoped to take advantage of the sandstorm to evadeolice and retake the trafc circle. Sayed Hadi Nas-r of Sanabis said he and about 25 friends wereurprised not to encounter any security forces asey made their way there about 12:30 a.m.

ut the protesters retreated short of Pearl Square

when they heard from others that a eet of pocars was approaching.

On Friday, protesters in more than a dozen villa

had deed government security forces and aon demonstrations by holding rallies to call foouster of the countrys ruling Sunni dynasty leKing Hamad bin Isa Khalifa.

Neela Banerjee in Manama, Bahrain


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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :

mnesty International has urged the Bahrain au-orities not to again use excessive force againstrotesters, as activists called for mass anti-gov-rnment demonstrations across the country on

Wednesday.

he call for demonstrations comes as a repressiveate of emergency imposed following previousrotests, the State of National Safety, is set to beted by Bahrains King on Wednesday.

The Bahraini authorities must not make the sameistakes as in February and March, when largelyeaceful protests were violently suppressed byovernment security forces, said Malcolm Smart,mnesty Internationals Middle East and North Af-ca Director.

As the state of emergency is lifted, the authori-es must allow people to peacefully exercise theirghts to freedom of expression and association,e added.

he protesters are calling on the government tond human rights abuses, and have been instigat-d by the February 14 youth coalition, the grouphich called for the rst protests earlier this year toemand political reform..

he Bahrain authorities say at least 24 people, in-uding four police ofcers, have died in clashesetween police and demonstrators since they be-an in February.

t least 500 protesters have been detained and fourave died in custody in suspicious circumstances.t least two thousand people have also been dis-issed or suspended from their jobs, apparentlyr participating in the protests.

Bahrain set for renewed protests as state of emergency ends

In a separate development, the military trial oprominent opposition activists is set to continuWednesday.

The mainly Shia activists have been charged alleged crimes in relation to the pro-reform tests that began in February.

These defendants are likely to be prisonerconscience detained simply for exercising right to peacefully express their political viewpublic. If so, they must be released immediaand unconditionally, Malcolm Smart said.

The State of National Safety set up a military cwith exclusive jurisdiction to try those accuseoffences under the state of emergency althothey are all or mostly civilians.

This court will continue to operate even afterState of National Safety is lifted tomorrow. It already sentenced four people to death, twwhose sentences were reduced to life impriment on appeal, and jailed others for participain peaceful protests in March.

Amnesty International has repeatedly called ongovernment of Bahrain not to try civilians in milcourts because they lack independence and farespect international standards of fair trial.


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BC: Bahrain has lifted the state of emergencymposed in March to quell pro-democracy demon-

rations.

ctivists have called for protests to restart, but se-

urity measures remain in place to stop large gath-rings.

ore than 20 people were killed during the govern-ents campaign to stie the demonstrations.

uman rights groups are demanding an end to thehat they call the arbitrary detention and torture ofrotesters, as well as secret military tribunals.

n Wednesday, the leading Shia opposition party,-Wefaq, said four of its leaders had been ques-

oned by the prosecutors of a special securityourt set up under emergency rule in the Sunni-led country.rand Prix cancelled

ahrains ruler, King Hamad al-Khalifa, has an-ounced that a national dialogue on reform will be-n next month.

he authorities hope the end of the 11-week emer-ency law will signal a return to normal for tourismnd business, says the BBCs security correspon-

ent, Frank Gardner.

hey are especially keen to get back the Formulane race next March, correspondents say, aftere unrest prompted this years race to be post-oned in March.

he joint Gulf security force, which rolled intoahrain when the emergency was declared on5 March, will stay in place until the governmentinks it is no longer needed.

Bahrain ends state of emergency imposed af ter protests

The force is largely made up of soldiers from SArabia and the UAE.

More than 20 people were killed in clashes between Braini protesters and security forces


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he Washington Post : Eleven weeks after it calledforeign troops to crush an anti-government upris-g, Bahrain announced Tuesday that it is endinge countrys state of emergency and inviting oppo-ents to join wide-ranging talks on political reform.

he announcement by Bahrains royal palace camemid reports of a pullback of troops and tanks fromome parts of the capital, Manama, which has re-ained under military control since the start of theackdown March 15.

We are seeking to fairly balance out the need toaintain law and order with the desire for free-

oms, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khali-said in a statement released by Bahrains ofcial

ews service.

ut in a separate statement, the countrys Justiceinistry warned that the monarchy would not toler-e a return of the mass protests that paralyzed the

ny island country, which serves as home base fore U.S. Navys 5th Fleet. Justice ofcials warnedsevere consequences for any who acted againste nations security and unity.

he ending of the countrys state of emergencyears the way for the departure of foreign troopsnd the transfer of authority for civil order from the

rmy to Bahraini police. Although few details wereven publicly, ofcials close to the Bahraini royalmily said the military withdrawal would includee thousands of troops from Saudi Arabia and oth-r Persian Gulf countries that were dispatched toahrain in response to an appeal from King Hamadn Isa al-Khalifa.

n Tuesday, the monarch told Bahraini journalistsat in July the nation would begin a comprehen-ve, serious dialogue, without conditions, about

Bahrain ends state of emergency, promises ta lks on pol i t ica l reform

national reconciliation.

Despite the fact that what has occurred recein Bahrain has hurt us deeply, we remain demined to honor our commitments before God our people, the state-run Bahrain News Agequoted the king as saying.

Some of Bahrains leading opposition groups hpreviously refused such negotiations, insistingthe government should rst enact political refo

At least 30 protesters were killed and hundwere arrested in a weeks-long crackdown also included new restrictions on political paand independent media.

In Washington, the State Department welcothe announcement of political talks. We view a positive step, said spokesman Mark Toneriterating calls for Bahraini ofcials to addresslegitimate aspirations of the people.

The Obama administrations repeated criticism

the crackdown has been a source of friction Persian Gulf allies, including Saudi Arabia, wcontends that Iran is seeking to exploit Bahrapolitical unrest.


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ahrain crackdown halted Arab Spring in Gulf *hiites say abuse is worse than in previous crack-ownsNearly 3 months of martial law ends on June 1y Andrew Hammond

ANAMA, June 1 (Reuters) - Bahraini Shiites sayey have endured a reign of terror during 11 weeksmartial law imposed to break up a pro-democra-

y movement that for the rst time threatened theontrol of a Sunni-ruled Gulf Arab dynasty.artial law was lifted on Wednesday. The authori-

es hope this will show investors and tourists thate island state is back to normal. Shiite dissidentsar repression will go on.housands have been detained or dismissed frombs in a crackdown that has targeted those whook part in six weeks of protests centred on the

apitals Pearl Roundabout. Dozens of Shiite plac-s of worship have been pulled down or vanda-sed.

wenty-one people, seven of whom are abroad, aren military trial for trying to overthrow the govern-ent. They include gures from Shiite opposition

arties who had advocated making Bahrain a re-ublic, as well as the Sunni leader of secular group

Waad and independent Shiite rights activists.our people have died in custody and two Shiitesave been sentenced to death for the killing of a

oliceman.

he crackdown has for now stied an unprecedent-d pro-democracy movement inspired by uprisings

Egypt and Tunisia that toppled long-time U.S.lies. The government says the protests were ma-pulated by Shiite power Iran.n island state where the Sunni Al-Khalifa familyles over a majority Shiite population, Bahrain

as seen such strife before. But doctors, teachersnd journalists who have been released, as well as

FEATURE-Bahrain Shi i tes ta lk of abuse under mart ia l law

the families of some of the 21 men on trial, sayrepression was far worse this time.They recounted beatings with plastic hosepielectric shocks, threats of rape and other huations such as being urinated on or verbal insagainst their Shiite faith.Victims were usually blindfolded to avoid setheir interrogators, who sometimes wore mathemselves to avoid identication, they told Rters. They all spoke on condition of anonymity

it was not possible to verify the claims.TEACHERS, DOCTORS HELD

A teacher in Hamad Town said she and 25 leagues were hauled out of their school one ming last week by women police who came inbuses.They asked us if we went to the roundaboutwe want to bring down the government, and hinted that they would abuse us sexually oncearrived at the station, the teacher said.

They made us sing the national anthem andthe people want Khalifa bin Salman, the poful prime minister of 42 years who is seen ahardliner in the ruling family.In the local police station some of the wofaced sexual harrassment, the teacher said. Tsexually harrased most of us, but there are thI cant say that they did, she said.Some teachers never went to the roundabouthad to admit that they did. I was there and adted that I was, but they wanted me to say I had


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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :muta marriage, she said, referring to a Shiiterm of temporary marriage.

They said Your loyalty is to Iran, let Iran take careyou. They called us Zoroastrians and said we

ach prostitution.he women were forced to sign papers vowingood behaviour and readiness to return to policeations if requested, which would circumvent thending of the emergency laws.

ozens of doctors and nurses have also been ar-sted and around 19 doctors remain in detention.is not yet clear how many will face trial and onhat charges.tate media have said doctors were storing weap-ns in a nearby hospital during the protests, us-g ambulances to transfer weapons and stealingovernment medicines to run a makeshift healthentre at Pearl Roundabout.ome were accused of splattering protesters withood to inate the numbers of wounded after se-

urity forces killed four in a botched attempt to cleare roundabout on Feb. 17.ne who has been released but does not know if

harges will be pressed said she was threatenedith rape.

They said We are 14 guys in this room, do younow what we can do to you? Its the emergencyw and were free to do what we want, she said.wo doctors said a group was forced to record con-ssions which they believe are intended for Bah-in TV. The channel has aired previous apparent

octor confessions.

OVERNMENT INVESTIGATINGhe government says such abuse is not system-ic and that all cases will be investigated.

There is no government policy. There have beenumerous individual cases where it has been aorry, but where there is concrete evidence ofbuse, action was taken, said Sheikh Abdul-Azizn Mubarak Al Khalifa, Senior International Coun-

elor at the Information Affairs Authority.When this is all over a review will be done and ar-as where procedures have to be rectied will take

place, he said.A Western diplomat said: We 100 percent beltorture takes place. But the detail of what aband the evidence is unclear.Bahrain rights activists have reported abuse some of the 14 men facing military trial have mtioned in court.Families and lawyers of the men facing trial ehave 10 minutes after the court sessions to sp

to the accused.

The son of one said an electric drill had beenplied on at least one occasion to his fathers lemilitary interrogators with Iraqi accents.

In the 1990s they used electricity on him buttime it was much worse. Now they use a macwith wires, he said, adding this was in three weof interrogation before trial.

They make him kiss a photo of King HamadBahrain), King Abdullah (of Saudi Arabia) andprime minister in the morning and then singnational anthem, he said, adding his father his captors had urinated on him.

Nabeel Rajab of the Bahrain Human Rights ciety said two of the 14 men on trial said in cthey had marks made by electric drills. The ernment has said it is investigating abuse repoby Nazeeha Saeed, a Bahraini correspondenFrance 24 television, when she was detained

some 12 hours last week.Reporters Without Borders said she was beby women interrogators to force her to conthat she works with Shiite-run TV channels al-nar and al-Aalam.

They beat her with plastic tubes, made her braya donkey on all-fours and tried to make her dribottle of what they said was urine, the group in a statement. (Editing by Reed Stevenson

Alistair Lyon)


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uardian News : Clashes between demonstratorsnd security forces have again broken out in Bah-in on the day martial law was lifted by a rulingonarchy battling to restore its image.

odays demonstrations were quickly scattered bye same means used to douse protests earlier ine year. Security forces moved into Shia neigh-ourhoods where people had taken to the streetsnd dispersed them with tear gas and bird shot.uman rights activists said those wounded wereo scared to go to hospital and instead treatedeir injuries at home.

he kingdom had cast today as a watershed after1 weeks of heavy crackdowns on Shia demon-rators that had drawn condemnation from the US

nd Europe.

ng Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa this week made aesh bid for a national dialogue aimed at bring-g the Sunni establishment and the Shia major-y population together. However, rights groups say1 opposition activists arrested under emergencyws remain detained. Numerous Shiite mosquesave been destroyed during security sweeps andur people have died while in custody. The vio-nce claimed at least 24 lives, including four se-urity ofcers.

t issue throughout the 11-week crisis has beene insistence of Shiite demonstrators, who ac-

ount for roughly 70% of Bahrains population, thatey are disenfranchised by a regime that is deeply

uspicious of their loyalties.

ecurity forces in the capital, Manama, have ac-used neighbouring Iran of attempting to export itshia Islamic revolution through proxies in Bahrainho took to the streets under a pro-democracy

Bahrain sees new clashes as mart ia l law l i f ted

banner. The protesters had also campaigneend decades of discrimination that has seen tbanned from most key government positions.

Their demonstrations at rst tapped into theti-government feeling that swept the region athe revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. Howedemands for reform soon became clouded bycient Persian-Shia and Arab-Sunni rivalries the governments insistence that calls for refwere an Iranian plot.

The regime played the sectarian card very easaid one western observer. And they createmonster that they couldnt control.

Dozens of doctors and nurses were arrested ing the security crackdown ordered in mid-Mafter a failed attempt by Bahrains crown princbroker discussions with the main opposition gral-Wafaq.

A protester waves the Bahraini ag as anti-riot police sDuraz village, north of the capital Manama, today. Phograph: Mazen Mahdi/EPA


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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :he fate of many of them remains unknown. Theovernment accused medical staff of using one ofanamas main hospitals, the SMC medical cen-e, of using the site for political activities and block-ded the hospital with the help of Saudi forces andoops from the gulf states, who had been invitedto Bahrain to help quell the dissent.

ewer activists than before are now willing to talkbout the stalled protest movement. There are re-ortedly fewer checkpoints in Manama or securityweeps through Shia neighbourhoods. However,ose who would speak to the Guardian today saidey feared continued repression if they stayed in-

olved as activists. The roundabout that was useds a focal point for demonstrations was demolished

March and turned into a crossroads. It was re-amed the Farouq junction in reference to an Is-mic leader reviled by many Shias.

ahrains rulers are anxious to win back the For-ula One grand prix, which was scheduled forarch but postponed indenitely. They also wantrestore the kingdoms reputation as an invest-

ent and tourism hub.


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Washington, D.C.Human Rights First is gravelyoncerned at reports that peaceful protestors ineveral locations across Bahrain have been at-cked today by security forces using teargas,

uckshot and rubber bullets. Today marked the

cial lifting of Bahrains State of Safety but theackdown appears to be continuing.

We are hearing reports from Bahrain that protest-rs have been attacked by government forces. Theounded are staying away from hospitals fearingat they will be detained if they seek medical treat-ent. In another ominous development, human

ghts defenders are being summoned to report toolice stations. The U.S. government must speakut against any attacks on peaceful demonstra-ons with at least the same urgency and level of

oncern that it has demonstrated elsewhere in theiddle East when pro-democracy protestors haveeen attacked, said Brian Dooley of Human Rightsrst.

Reports of Peacefu l Protestors At tacked in Bahrain


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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :After almost three months of military rule, the crisis

deeper because every family has suffered whene army was sent to solve a political problem.

undreds of protesters, political leaders and Shiarofessionals like doctors and lawyers have beenrrested and tried in a special security court, set upnder martial law. Two protesters were sentenced

death.

ormula One on track

so on Friday, Formula Ones governing body de-ded at a meeting in Barcelona to allow Bahrainsormula One Grand Prix to go ahead. The racead initially been scheduled for March, but has noween put on the calendar for October 30.

peaking to Al Jazeera, Tom Porteous, deputyrogram director at Human Rights Watch, said theate of emergency appears to have been liftedartly for the benet of the Formula One race.

ut he said the crisis in the country was continuingnd that protesters remained at risk.

The fact is ... the crisis is by no means over. Notnly since [the lifting of emergency rule] have thereeen protests, violently suppressed ... but alsoe repression by which the government has keptuelled the protest movement in the last weeksontinues. So large numbers of people are under

communicado detention, at risk of torture. Therere reports of torture continuing. There are layoffsght, left and centre against people who took partthe protests, he said.

The abuses that weve seen in Bahrain actuallyredate the imposition of the state of emergency ...nd it was clear that this state of emergency wasted in part to send a message that everything isack to normal in Bahrain, and partly for the benet

the Formula One movement.

But the situation remains appalling. The repsion is there. Obviously large numbers of pewere killed during the protests, proportionatthe size of the country. This is a major crisis, its part of the wider situation in the Middle Ea


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y BARBARA SURK, Associated Press:

UBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Bahraini po-ce red tear gas and rubber bullets at protestersarching toward the landmark Pearl Square in the

ountrys capital Friday, two days after authoritiested emergency rule.he downtown square was the focus of weeks ofhiite-led protests against the Gulf nations Sunnilers earlier this year. Witnesses in the tiny islandngdom said there were no immediate reports ofasualties among the hundreds of opposition sup-orters who took their grievances to the streets fore rst time since martial law was imposed morean two months ago.he countrys security force moved against therotesters shortly before Formula Ones governing

ody deemed the kingdom safe enough to host theahrain Grand Prix in October.he annual F1 race has been Bahrains most prof-able international event since 2004, when theation became the rst Arab country to stage therand Prix. Bahrain organizers insisted they aready to host the race this year despite the deadlyackdown. The season-opening March auto raceas postponed because of the political unrest.so Friday, thousands of mourners gathered at a

emetery in the capital, Manama, to bury a pro-ster who died in a hospital earlier in the day of

juries from a demonstration in March.he death of 63-year-old Salman Abu Idris raisedat least 31 the number of people killed since the

ampaign for greater rights and freedoms began ine Western-allied nation in February.ahrain is home to the U.S. Navys 5th Fleet, ande U.S. has called on its leaders to make reformsan effort to meet at least some of the protest

ovements demands.he government lifted emergency rule Wednes-ay, pulling back tanks and soldiers from the heart

Bahrain pol ice open f ire at protesters in capi ta l

of the capital. But authorities warned they wnot easing pressure on anti-government proers. Opposition groups called supporters to reto the streets, the rst such appeal since the tary overran the protesters encampment at PSquare after martial law was imposed in March.Bahrains Sunni rulers invited 1,500 troops fa Saudi-led Gulf force to help suppress therest when emergency rule was declared. Saudi intervention infuriated Iran, the major

A Bahraini woman shouts God is greater Friday, Ju2011, in the streets o the Shiite Muslim neighborhoo

Sanabis in Manama, Bahrain, shortly ater riot police

persed anti-government protesters who began a m

ater the uneral o a woman they claim died o tear ga

halation Thursday. Bahraini police fred tear gas and ru

bullets at protesters marching toward the landmark

Square in the countrys capital Friday, eyewitnesses

just two days ater authorities lited emergency rule i

Gul country. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)


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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :e power in the Gulf. It underscored the fears ofan among Sunni-dominated Arab countries, par-cularly among Gulf Arab leaders. They fear gainsy Bahrains Shiites could provide an opening forxpanded Iranian inuence on the doorstep of rivalaudi Arabia.espite tight security across Bahrain and policeinforcements at checkpoints around the capital,

undreds of opposition supporters from the most-

Shiite populated villages around Manama tookeir grievances to the streets again and set off toclaim Pearl Square.nstead of rights, every family got a political pris-ner. Did the government expect people to stay atome? said Nabeel Rajab, a leading activist andresident of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights.After almost three months of military rule, the cri-s is deeper because every family suffered whene army was sent to solve a political problem.he emergency rule gave the military wide powers

suppress the Shiite-led demonstrations againste minority Sunni monarchy that has ruled Bah-in for over 200 years. Hundreds of protesters,

olitical leaders and Shiite professionals like doc-rs and lawyers have been arrested and tried inspecial security court, set up under martial law.

wo protesters were sentenced to death.ust before the emergency rule was lifted, Bah-ins king urged unity talks with protest factions

eginning in July a gesture that fell short of op-osition demands for a constitutional monarchyith an elected government. King Hamad bin Isa

Khalifas message was in sharp contrast to austice Ministry statement calling the demonstra-ons criminal acts and warning that any furtherhallenges will have consequences.


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BC news : BRENDAN TREMBATH: Almost threeonths ago, Saudi forces moved into Bahrain toush the pro-democracy movement. Soon after,ahrains king declared a three-month state ofmergency.

nce then, hundreds of opposition gures, alongith many doctors and nurses who treated protest-rs, have been arrested, with some being tried inilitary courts.

ng Hamad Al Khalifa lifted emergency rule twoays ago, and within hours, protesters had returned

the streets. Bahrains democracy activists sayese protests will continue.

abeel Rajab, is the president of the Bahrain Cen-

e for Human Rights, and has been a very vocalupporter of the democracy movement. I spoke tom earlier.

ABEEL RAJAB: Well as soon as the lifting of themergency law people have come out in the streetprotest, men and women. Weve seen thousandspeople in many different places, not like before

s one central protest which gathered tens or hun-reds of thousands of people, but weve seen tens

different protests in different area.

RENDAN TREMBATH: Whats the reaction frome police or the government forces?

ABEEL RAJAB: As they were before, attack, se-erely attacking the protesters, peaceful protest-rs, by tear gas, by birdshot, by rubber bullet, weave many people injured before yesterday.

esterday at least one woman, out of shock of theound bomb, she died and now, as Im talking toou, people are burying her. And theyve been pro-

Bahrain protests resume

testing today, early morning, also in her speplace and they were attacked as they were bing the woman.

So we expect to see later today also at th

oclock, four oclock in the afternoon more of test around Bahrain and I expect to see alsopolice and the national guard attacking themverely. And Im afraid were going to have minjuries today.

And what has worried us is that you cant them to hospital because we dont have a hospHospital is occupied by the military and as sas they get to the hospital they get arrested beaten and tortured inside the hospital. So mothe people, past two days were treated at hom

some volunteer doctors or nurses.

BRENDAN TREMBATH: Previously the govment and ofcial media have suggested that sin the protest movement are not that peaceful,they are indeed violent; how can you assurethat this is a peaceful protest?

NABEEL RAJAB: I mean theyve been sayingfor a long time but they could not prove it. As yoseen weve had hundreds of journalists aro


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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :ahrain, we have hundreds of many human rightsefenders and from human rights organisationshere in Bahrain witnessing those protests.

nd it is agreed upon all of them, maybe the Bah-inis protest was the only peaceful protest in alle revolution we had in the past few months. Thate called if Flower Revolution because peopleere carrying owers in their hand and giving it to

e police and army.

ur revolution was very peaceful, people have notven thrown stone on the policeman, it was seeny hundreds of TV station and the news media ande news agencies around the world. It was veryeaceful and this is whats being witnessed also byl human rights organisations.

RENDAN TREMBATH: What was it that moti-ated you to become one of the key gures in therotest movement?

ABEEL RAJAB: I mean enough you see youreople getting killed in the street, and you see howeing humiliated, you see your people getting ar-sted and systematically tortured and systematicscrimination against people.

ou see how government they rule Bahrain withe same tribal, bloody mentality that ruled wheney invaded the country 250 years ago. You thinke time has come for change.

nd the whole world has changed, only our Arabgion, now even our Arab region start to change,e start seeing a newly born democracies in Egyptnd in Tunisia and maybe very soon in Libya andyria.

Why, we are not different than those people, weeed to see change in our country. We need toop torture, we need to see human rights beingspected in our country. We deserve to have de-ocracy, as you have democracy in your country.

We deserve to have elected government anddeserve to have a parliament that has powelegislate and monitor and thats what we are ing for.

BRENDAN TREMBATH: Doing this sort of inview would be common here in Australia, but fearful are you of speaking out from your ctry?

NABEEL RAJAB: Speaking out is the most dgerous thing in Bahrain, as you know now. enough people that you can get easily to speathe radio or TV station. Its become the most dgerous thing.

Most of people who spoke out today, they arehind bars, they are in jail. Most of the blogand people even tweeting by their name or byFacebook made a statement, they are in jail; sented or referred to a military trial. So its difto nd someone to speak to in Bahrain.

Myself, two days ago, I was referred to the milprosecutor because of my interviews also andcause of my Twitter account, that Ive been uping people in whats happening in this part ofworld.

Its very dangerous speaking out in this couIts very difcult to say to the outside world wis happening here, the crimes committed aga

humanity. But there are some people who havcome out and speak anyhow, no matter how mis the danger, no matter how much is the costsomebody has to come out and speak if we wto see a real change.

BRENDAN TREMBATH: Nabeel Rajab, presiof the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, speato me from Bahrain.


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Kristina Stockwood, IFEX MENA Outreach Coor-nator) At a meeting of 20 rights groups includ-g IFEX members attending the GM in Beirut onJune, Nabeel Rajab of the Bahrain Centre for

uman Rights joined the group by skype to give

n overview of the current situation in Bahrain. Heays, My people began to protest peacefully since4 February. They didnt want to remove the gov-rnment but just have democratic reform, respectr human rights and anti-corruption. For that theovernment has responded with a bloody crack-own with troops from Saudi Arabia, Emirates andordan. They have been arresting people, raidingomes and mosques. People wanted democraticform but then the government wanted to try toame it as a religious dispute.

s Nabeel is speaking he can hear the helicoptersverhead above his house.

e continues, At least 2 people for every thou-and people are in jail all of them systematicallyrtured. At least one editor and blogger have beenrtured to death. There are journalists, photogra-

hers and editors all in detention, many have lefte country. Anyone who criticises the governmentjailed. Many people have been interrogated in-

uding myself for 6 hours on 31 May for interviewsith international media.

ainab Al Khawaja has been called for interroga-on right now [but then released.] Nabeel syas,Her crime is doing an interview with CNN and oth-r TV stations. Her father, husband, brother in lawnd uncle are all in jail All of the people who wereiled are tortured badly. All of them if they comeut of jail they are silenced. All bloggers are si-nced except a few people still blogging with fakeames.nly a few brave people are free in the sense that

Cal l for miss ion to Bahrain to s top r ights v io lat ions

they are not in jail, but not in any other way- exfor a few like Nabeel and Zainab. Thousands hbeen red from their jobs. University studentsin court for tweeting or Facebook criticism saying they would go to pearl roundabout to test. Nabeel says, Harassment is severe for ridefenders.

Nabeel was arrested 2 months ago and tortu

in a car and then let go after he was woken innight with masked men pointing guns in his hat 2 oclock in the morning. My daughter haexperience this she was there with me, he snoting she is very young and has been tramtised. On 21 March, there was a teargas attachis house which hurt his mother but they saher an gave her oxygen. His house was last wagain attacked by teargas which happens he severy time I go on the tv and do interviews.

Nabeel repeatedly thanked the IFEX mem

and Clearing House staff for their support, awith other international NGOs like Frontlinesaid, Thank you for the statements by ANHRIMaharat (http://ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/31/el_ban/) about these attacks. The Bahraini pefeel happy that people are watching and happstand with them. We are a victim of the forpolicy of governments. People feel alone. Webe arrested and tortured and sexually assaultethe time. We see silence from the west becathis region has a lot of friends, especially S


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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :rabia which is a known human right violator. Thisgion is the worst region for violations. We arectims of the west who wont criticise the Bahrainovernment even though they criticised Libya andupported the revolutions in Egypt or Tunisia. Bute international human rights groups with the helpIFEX give us support. You dont know how muchose statements mean. It sounds easy to sign aatement but its very important, inuential and

uching, people really feel very happy that peoplere watching these crimes and are getting very an-ry about these violations. Human rights groupsre angry at their governments policy towards thisgion. For how long will they be silent? Can the

ghts groups inuence their own governments?

abeel also notes the silence of regional media.e says, Al Jazeera took a leading role in giv-g voice to the revolution in other countries, likebya, Tunisia and Egypt but silent on Bahrain (Alazeera English is much better but the Arabic one

inuenced by Gulf policy). In the last couple ofeeks, we are seeing a bit of movement in me-a. A few newspapers and TV channels that arero-democracy will mention it. But really compared

other democracy movements we are not gettingoverage.

e says there are protests going on now in Bah-in: I am supposed to be in the street right now

rotesting with my people where I always am. Butwanted to talk to you now because I couldnt be

ith you since we met at the IFEX meeting in Oslo2009.

e closes, Thank you, your support is like air fors, its like hope for us. It is lifting our spirit. I admireEX members and IFEX staff for their help. I am

roud to be a part of the IFEX family.

e says if the government is serious about dia-gue now that the state of mergency is lifed, theyust stop persecuting people for doing their hu-an rights work, lift bans on blogs and newspa-

pers, allow newspapers to publish freely.

His message to international NGOs: You areonly hope we have. The group was visibly moby his comments and we went around the roomeach person promised their solidarity. Some opeople will join a fact-nding mission colleagfrom Europe, Tunisia, Egypt will all try to gBahrain. Watch for upcoming news on IFEX a

Bahrain, including trial monitoring of rights fender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and blogger Abhadi AlKhawaja who will be sentenced on 22 J

they are in jail and being tortured for peaceprotesting. IFEX members have repeatedly cafor their release: http://ifex.org/bahrain/


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anama, Bahrain (CNN) -- Thousands of Bahrain-hit the streets again to vent their anger at the

rab nations government on Friday, an oppositionource said, days after the justice ministry warnedgainst any type of activities that could affect theecurity or harm the national peace and safety.anabis, just west of the capital, Manama, was theub of the days biggest demonstrations. Thou-ands marched late Friday in the suburb, an op-osition source said.arlier, about 1,000 people had gathered to mournainab Ali Altajir, a 69-year-old woman who diedhursday after allegedly inhaling tear gas red byuthorities as they clashed with protesters, an op-osition gure said.

a statement on Bahrains interior ministry web-te, the government denied that the woman died

om tear gas inhalation, saying she had chroniceart disease and died of natural causes.ater Friday, the opposition source said, about000 demonstrators congregated in Manama tomember Salman Abu Idrees, a 63-year-old who

ad been missing since mid-March. Images ofrees body showed his injuries -- including oneat the source said was a rubber bullet in theomach.here was no indication whether governmentrces, including police, confronted or obstructedose demonstrating Friday. Bahraini government

cials could not immediately be reached for com-ent.The protests came the same day that Bah-in celebrated the World Motor Sport Councils

ecision to reinstate the Bahrain Grand Prix intoe Formula One racing season.ahraini and racing ofcials lauded the return ofe race as a sign of reconciliation, though signsat the turmoil is not over remained.

Wednesdays lifting of emergency laws, imposedmid-March and allowing a crackdown on politicaladers and journalists, is thought to be an effort tognal an end to months of unrest stemming from

Opposi t ion : Thousands h i t Bahrain streets to mourn fa l len protester

the Arab Spring, a wave of anti-government tests that started in Tunisia and have since roseveral countries in the Middle East and Northrica, including Egypt, Syria, Yemen and BahraSince the beginning of the turmoil in Bahrain, a30 people have been killed, according to gfrom the government, opposition gures andman rights groups. Opposition and human rigroups say more than 1,000 have been detainEven after the lifting of emergency laws, the ernment has continued its crackdown on the c

trys major Shiite political opposition movemenThe kingdom also led charges against fouropposition leaders in a move that could weathe countrys Wefaq party, according to two osition sources. This came as King Hamad bin

Al Khalifa appealed for dialogue, saying that twith opposition groups are scheduled to begJuly.On Friday, Bahrains Crown Prince SalmanHamad Al-Khalifa and Foreign Minister ShKhalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, acc

ing to a statement from the United Nations. world bodys leader called on Bahrains govment to uphold international human rights no... and welcomed the commitment and assuranmade by the Crown Prince in this regard.Ban welcomed the lifting of emergency laws the decision ... to call for a national dialogue,U.N. statement said. He expressed hope such a dialogue would be genuine, meaninand inclusive and respond to the legitimate pcal, economic and social aspirations of all Bahpeople.


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y lifting its 13-week martial law decree on Wednes-ay, Bahrains government meant to signal the enda violent crackdown against its Shiite opposition

and show a nervous international business com-unity that normality had been restored in the em-

attled island nation. Instead, however, the day wasarked by tear gas attacks on peaceful protestersthe Shiite enclave of Sitra. They continued on

hursday and Friday with government forces ringar gas and rubber bullets at protesters marchingn the site of the torn-down Pearl roundabout, asctivists elsewhere were called into police stations

face charges of anti-government activity.ost prominent Shiite activists are either missing

r behind bars, leaving those remaining to proteste governments attempt to paint a patina of nor-ality over the turmoil that has engulfed the country

nce February. Bahrains not going to go back toormal; thats not going to happen anytime soon,ays Joost Hiltermann, deputy director for the Mid-e East and North Africa at the International Cri-s Group. The lifting of emergency law is done toacate international opinion, which has been veryarmful to the business climate in the country.See photos of the protests in Bahrain.)aryam al-Khawaja, head of the foreign relationsce at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights,

ays the crackdown will continue even as the coun-y reopens for business. Things are not going to

hange... the [lifting of] martial law is just the gov-rnment realizing that they need to save some ofeir tarnished international image.he biggest reason the regime is looking to quicklystore its tarnished reputation is to ensure that theahrain leg of the Formula 1 Grand Prix argu-bly the most high-prole international event one countrys calendar is held later this year.he auto race was supposed to have been held inarch, but was postponed as a result of the turmoil.n Friday, the world motor sports governing body,

Bahrain: Martial Law Is Lifted, but the Veneer of Calm Proves Easily Broke

the FIA, announced it would restore the race toyears calendar. FIA chief Bernie Ecclestone told CNN earlier this week, If its safe and evthing is good, then I think the teams will be hato support it. In a statement, the FIA said that decision reects the spirit of reconciliation in Brain, which is evident from the strong supportrace receives from the government and all mparties in Bahrain, including the largest oppos

group.The F1 showpiece isnt the only reason thegime is trying to portray a restoration of nority. Bahrains role as the Middle East epicenteforeign investment banking has been threateby the defection of nervous Western expats a decrease in foreign investment since violeerupted in downtowns Pearl roundabout in Feary, and Saudi tanks arrived to violently suppprotests. A lot of banks are thinking of leavingrelocating, so they have been really worried,

Mourners carry the body o 63-year-old Bahraini prote

Salman Isa abo Idreas, as they march during a uneral

cession in Manama, Bahrain, June 3, 2011.


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e m o n s t r a t i o n s :rmann says. Keeping martial law in place is notood for business or for its image. [Bahrains] repu-tion has taken a hit and they want to overcomeat as much as they can.

See if Obamas Mideast speech will help the re-rmists in Bahrain.)ahrains Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad Al-halifa, said in a statement Tuesday that militaryrces had begun withdrawing from the streets of

anama. As a nation, we face several challengeshead as we seek to address issues of concern,hile continuing efforts to prevent extremism andectarianism taking hold in Bahrain, he said. Were seeking to fairly balance out the need to main-in law and order with the desire for freedoms.his will require responsible actions on both sides.ongside this, the government will be seekingaddress key areas where recent events have

hown a need for investigation, accountability andhange.is father, King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, said thatational dialogue would commence at the begin-ng of July, a process that will involve all sec-ons of society, will be fully inclusive and allow theeople of Bahrain to participate in their vision forountrys future. In his May 19 Middle East policypeech, President Obama had directly addressedmself to Bahrains rulers, warning that you cantave a real dialogue when parts of the peacefulpposition are in jail.he weeks preceding the announcement lift-g martial law saw a stepped up effort to silence

oices of dissent. Under martial law, the state wasgally able to detain citizens for what it deemednti-government activity, and to try them in closedilitary courts. At least four Shiites have been sen-nced to death, accused of injuring or killing policecers. Nabeel Rajab, the outspoken president ofe Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was nally

rought in for interrogation last week, as was Ma-en Mahdi, one of few Bahraini journalists still al-wed to work. MP Matar Ibrahim Matar, consid-red a friend of the opposition Wefaq movementnd arrested in early May, was nally allowed to

call home this week, though he remains in jaial-Salman, Wefaqs head, told Reuters that hisganization was not against the regime, signathat the opposition that has nally bowed to ernment pressure.(See photos of the crackdown in Bahrain.)The government escalated and continued oppressive measures to stamp out any opposbefore the lifting of martial law, says Shadi Ha

research director at the Brookings Doha InstiThere are these last pockets of dissent thatnow being crushed. Everyones been silencThe Human Rights Centers al-Khawaja says was the last group left to speak out everyelse has been captured or is in hiding abroad.sister, Zainad, became one of the countrys mfamous female activists when she staged a hustrike following the arrests of her father, brothusband and uncle. On Thursday, she headethe police station for a nal summons.Even with the lifting of martial law, as reporttorture continue to pour out of Manama, it remto be seen how Bahrain will deal with the leers and activists still awaiting persecution. Twont have the trappings now that will allow tto try people in military courts, Hiltermann sBut they can still bring people in, intimidate thcow them. Theres a lot of things you can doder regular law. The question to me is whethepeople who were charged under martial lawstill be tried in these courts after the law is liThat will tell us much about how the governm

intends to go forward with this.


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Bahrain: Riot police attacking peaceul

Protesters June 1st in Bani Jammrah

URL : http://youtu.be/iWj3DDsC5s

Bahrain Abo Qowa

Protest

URL : http://youtu.be/v9BOphoJlM

Bahrain Aldiraz

Protest 01.06.2011

URL : http://youtu.be/s5IX0TX4-mM

Sanabs .. Bahrain

1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/N-LUvo1d81c

Bahrain Barbar Protest-

01.06.2011

URL : http://youtu.be/Adb0Y7KjXqg

Bahrain Injured is San

bis

URL : http://youtu.be/ykK-cyyh8hQ

Al-Sanabs Bahrain on 1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/K-VWUNh8N3Q

Bahrain Sinabis Protest

teargassed 1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/GH4DtacSUnA

Belad Al-qadeem Bah

rain on 1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/WxeN_tavYL


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Al-Duraz Bahrain on

1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/4k4c7mi27ig

Bahrain Barbar Protest

URL : http://youtu.be/wye3JnR088

Abu Quwa 1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/zxiKnu1AU8

Karzakan Bahrain on

1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/YYe1OXkJHTc

Dimistan Bahrain

1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/mcnkKjP4no

A Woman come to pol

URL : http://youtu.be/heKqK3Fy4O

Sanabs - Bahrain

1 - 6 - 2011

URL : http://youtu.be/teN8LIJdS90

Al-qaria Bahrain

1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/v-oNVAO-Wow

Sitra Bahrain 1-6-201

URL : http://youtu.be/H791XkLseV


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Sitra Bahrain 1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/qllyOmlbnIE

Karranah Bahrain

1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/2mROXpImIU

Bahrain Aali suppressi

o demonstrators

URL : http://youtu.be/G8eeYIlUpxg

Karbabad Bahrain

1-6-2011

URL : http://youtu.be/hOSWkrGFRKM

Bahrain Injured By Rub-

ber Bullet 03.06

URL : http://youtu.be/3h4Pa_oFumk

Sanabs - Bahrain

3 - 6 - 2011

URL : http://youtu.be/Y7n1LIUaPY

Brave Bahraini Women

3- 6- 2011

URL : http://youtu.be/aIZ-gHjEy9I

Brave Bahraini Women

acing Bullets 03.06

URL : http://youtu.be/-HWlxd-TYco

Attacking Bahrain San

bis protesters 03.06

URL : http://youtu.be/JHRBPk-A3iA


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Sanabs - Bahrain 3- 6 - 2011

URL : http://youtu.be/6OC8-ra4BHI

The uneral o the martyr

Zainab Al-Tajer

URL : http://youtu.be/3VMeieGGv38

Sanabs - Bahrain 3- 6

2011 (2)

URL : http://youtu.be/KSXgnRvVu


2011 (3)

URL : http://youtu.be/H8Ogdw6v55Y


2011 (4)

URL : http://youtu.be/z-yn3eBvJ08

Bahrain Abu Qowa

March 03.06.2011 (1)

URL : http://youtu.be/1jx8_gG1bD

Bahrain Abu Qowa March

03.06.2011 (2)

URL : http://youtu.be/7tOXOrEloEM

Bahrain Abu Qowa

March 03.06.2011 (3)

URL : http://youtu.be/Mn1ychb3m0A

Bahrain Abu Qowa

March 03.06.2011 (4)

URL : http://youtu.be/hy9mDKJEwa


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Bahrain Abu Qowa March

03.06.2011 (5)

URL : http://youtu.be/5Ktv85vOlsk

Bahrain Aldiya beore At-

tack 03.06

URL : http://youtu.be/hYdJUMys_L4

Bahrain Karzakan Pro-

test 03.06

URL : http://youtu.be/0WMV3MPpiG

Sitra 3/6/2011

URL : http://youtu.be/DtmThiZ5pH0

Bahrain Abu Qowa 03.06

URL : http://youtu.be/D0Xm6O2ed7I

Al-Eker Bahrain 03.0

URL : http://youtu.be/Xh2KYKuD4b

Sehla Bahrain 03.06

URL : http://youtu.be/KeMJgr_t5Dg

Sitra 3/6/- Bahrain

URL : http://youtu.be/CMopH2vxVvo

Bahrain Sitra Protest

03.06

URL : http://youtu.be/2FP0Y8z8aL


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Woman Protest in

Bani Jamrah

URL : http://youtu.be/FWLaVmUsms

Bahrain suppression oa peaceul march in theKarzakan

URL : http://youtu.be/qIEL8dvHwUg

Barbar- Bahrain

URL : http://youtu.be/UTGNl4AT0yk

Alqarya Bahrain

URL : http://youtu.be/9u6cXlWHNl8


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1st of june Demonstrations

Demonstration in sanabis village


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emonstration o Bilad village beore being suppressed

women o Bahrain in the demonstrations


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riot police chasing protesters

The way to pearl roundabout (previously) is closed an

tary tanks surrounding the place

riot police fring tear gas on top o houses


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injured protesters

injured protesters riot police fring tear gas


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live rounds used in Mosala village

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Kuwait with support to Bahranis protesters


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W e b s i t e s :Human Rights defender and president of Bahrain center for Human Rights

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nabeel-Rajab/194515507249804#!/pages/Nabeel-

Rajab/194515507249804

Bahrain Center for Human Rights

http://www.bahrainrights.org/en

Bahrain Freedom

http://bahrainfreedom.org

The Pearl Roundabout

http://www.thepearlroundabout.org

Free Bahrain

http://www.freebahrain.co.cc

Lulu Online

http://www.luluonline.net

Bahrain in Pictures

http://bahrain.viewbook.com

Bahrain Revolution News

https://www.facebook.com/bahrain.revolt

Bahraini Youth Eng Media Team

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bahraini-Youth-Eng-Media-Team/151833981547153

Bahrain Revolution

https://www.facebook.com/Bahrain.Feb14


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