Bahraini Forces Injure 45 in Fresh Crackdowns

Navideshahed: At least 45 Bahraini demonstrators have been injured after Saudi-backed regime forces used tear gas and birdshot to break up three separate anti-government protests.

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شنبه - ۰۴ آبان ۲۰۱۲ / 2012 04 August

Witnesses say hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in villages outside the capital, Manama, late on Thursday to demand an end to the rule of Al Khalifa dynasty, but the protests were heavily crushed.

Bahraini forces also arrested 40 people, including the daughter of prominent opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja early on Friday.

Bahraini activists say Zainab al-Khawaja was arrested as she tried to hold a protest sit-in at al-Badei Street close to the capital.

Meanwhile, Bahrain’s main opposition bloc, al-Wefaq, has announced that the authorities detained a leading female member, Ahlam al-Khuzai, at the airport early on Friday as she was travelling to Tunisia to attend a conference organized by Amnesty International.

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Source: IRIB World Service

Witnesses say hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in villages outside the capital, Manama, late on Thursday to demand an end to the rule of Al Khalifa dynasty, but the protests were heavily crushed. Bahraini forces also arrested 40 people, including the daughter of prominent opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja early on Friday. Bahraini activists say Zainab al-Khawaja was arrested as she tried to hold a protest sit-in at al-Badei Street close to the capital. Meanwhile, Bahrain’s main opposition bloc, al-Wefaq, has announced that the authorities detained a leading female member, Ahlam al-Khuzai, at the airport early on Friday as she was travelling to Tunisia to attend a conference organized by Amnesty International. The End Source: IRIB World Service