Bahrain Blast Wounds Two Civilians on Uprising Anniversary
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An explosion wounded two civilian passers-by in Bahrain, the interior ministry said early Wednesday, as demonstrators were marking the sixth anniversary of an anti-government uprising that was bloodily suppressed.
The ministry did not say what caused Tuesday evening's blast in a village outside the capital Manama but demonstrators sometimes throw petrol bombs during the sporadic protests that still grip the Sunni-ruled but Shiite-majority kingdom.
"Terrorist blast in Sitra causes minor injuries to a married couple passing the site. Police at the scene," the ministry said on its Twitter account without elaborating.
It also tweeted a picture of a black 4X4 with a shattered windscreen and significant damage to the front bonnet.
The blast came as demonstrators clashed with police in Manama and several nearby villages.
The demonstration in the capital ended when police fired tear gas and stun grenades, witnesses said.
Activists posted pictures of injured protesters online, but the interior ministry has not published any official statements about the reported demonstrations.
The Shiite-led protests of February 2011 sought a constitutional monarchy and an elected prime minister to replace the current government dominated by the ruling Al-Khalifa family.
Authorities crushed them the following month with the support of Saudi-led forces who secured key installations.
Since then, the authorities have banned the Shiite opposition and handed long jail terms to many of its leaders. Some have been stripped of their citizenship.
Tiny but strategic Bahrain lies just across the Gulf from Iran and is home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.
15 February 2017, 14:30
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I respect the shia uprising in Bahrain for many reasons chief among them its peaceful nature.
15 February 2017, 23:06
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The Bahraini government must engage in consultation as how to empower its people. A stick policy can only go so far before firing back. Parliamentary elections must be fair and not gerrymandered to guarantee a loyalist majority. One can live with banning of sectarian parties or parties that exploit sectarian divisions but that must be applied across the board. In addition, parliament and government must be invested with real power and cannot be simply a fig leaf.
16 February 2017, 02:51
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the stick is the only thing that works with these devil worshipers. What good did democracy do for you in Lebanon?
15 February 2017, 15:29
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the Bahraini regime dictatorship aim is to drag the peaceful manifestations into confrontation, in this case as many others in the past where regime forces provoked such actuations as justification.
this is how the Bahraini uprising will remain, no cannibalism, no shots in the neck and no violence whatsoever.
15 February 2017, 23:11
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Spot on. Slizern adapt any argument to serve his masters. He complaints about some of the war committed by some factions in the opposition. Yet he supports the regime orchastrated mass murder against the Syrian people. Remember that Slizern has no shame and no honor and will lie and lie to support his masters.
15 February 2017, 16:46
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Religious Tolerance in Southern's Wilayat al Faqih
جلد ثلاثة شبان إيرانيين أمام العلن بعد توقيفهم بينما كانوا يحتفلون بالذّبيحة الإلهية سرًّا ويتناولون القربان المقدس واتّهمتهم الشرطة بالكفر والتّجديف وبتهديد الأمن القومي.وحكمت محكمة الشّريعة على الشّبان الثلاثة وهم ياسر مصيب زادة وصاحب فدايي ومحمّد رظا أوميدي، بالجلد 80 جلدة لأنّ الشريعة في إيران تمنع التحوّل إلى المسيحية.ولا يزال الشبان بانتظار الحكم النّهائي الذي قد لا يقلّ قساوة عن ما حصل لهم.يذكر أنّ القليل من حالات اضطهاد المسيحيين تخرج إلى العلن في إيران نظرًا لتكتم المعنيين.
http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2017/02/15/iran-justice/
