When someone got onto the make-shift podium, already occupied by some turbanned gentlemen and started reading “The Youth’s Demands” he was shouted down by the crowd that they do not recognize him or any others who install themselves leaders. One shouted “our movement does not have leaders, get down!” That made my day, especially with …
That was the chant that was continuously repeated throughout today. Just like the Tunisians and the Egyptians before them, Bahrainis today took to the streets in their tens of thousands to bid farewell to a fallen comrade. Gunned down in cold blood by a riot policeman for doing nothing other than joining his compatriots in demanding …
There are a number of demonstrations and protests happening right in several areas in Bahrain, I think I can hear and smell some of the effects from my office. The basic demands of the people is for a better life with dignity, respect for human rights, freedom of express and the release of political prisoners. …
Just after Friday prayers, the Durazis signal their party is now alight!
Dr. Ali Fakhro, Bahraini intellectual, thinking and ex-minister for education and health speaking to the protesters in front of the UN House in Manama. People protested and demonstrated against the barbaric attack on the Freedom Flotilla and the killing of a large number of activists on-board. Feelings, as you will see from the video, are …