Feb 15 2011
Bloomberg: Bahrain’s Shiite Protesters Gather as Unrest Spreads
Rallies in Bahrain to demand democracy and an end to discrimination against the Shiite Muslim majority escalated after the death of a second demonstrator, as unrest in the region also led to clashes between protesters and police in Yemen.
Thousands of Bahrainis gathered at the Pearl Roundabout traffic intersection in Manama, the capital, shouting slogans against the government after the funeral of a protester killed in clashes with police yesterday. A second protester died today in fighting at the funeral, the official Bahrain News Agency said, as police fired rubber bullets and birdshot and used tear gas. The main Shiite opposition group suspended its work in parliament, and the king pledged political and social change.
In Yemen, stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as they marched toward the presidential palace, the fifth day of demonstrations calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule. Iranian security forces yesterday used tear gas to break up the biggest anti-government protests since the aftermath of the disputed presidential election in June 2009.
Popular demands for democracy and civil rights, invigorated by the mass protests that toppled Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak last week, are rattling the autocratic rulers of a region that holds about three-fifths of the world’s oil reserves.
2 Responses to “Bloomberg: Bahrain’s Shiite Protesters Gather as Unrest Spreads”
Why media is always interested in adding fuel to the fire, why not they can work towards the peace. Bahrain government had done and is doing a lot that non of other government has done so far. Even King today call on the portesters and he said, bring the talks on table, there is nothing that cannnot be solved. Don’t think this prtest in bahrain started after Egypt and tunisia. These type of protests started in 1990. This si only shia who are protesting and they need shia governmnet to take over. simple is that.
Its not adding fuel to the fire…its simply putting things in perspective and making sense of why people do what they do. Apparently the stage had already been set and the whole of the Middle East was a ticking time bomb waiting to explode…it just needed a single matchstick to light it…provided by the Tunisian youth. Protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Iran have their own different demands and objectives…but one thing in common…they’re sick of oppressive and injustice regimes that had plagued the Muslim world for so long and now is their chance to stand up and speak out for themselves and their children.