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Bahrain army forces at a village entrance on 29 March. Peaceful protests, including one pro-government rally, [32] continued throughout February [33] [34] and the first half of March, [35] [36] [37] and drew tens of thousands of participants. On 8 March, unsatisfied by the government response, a coalition of three hard-line Shia groups called ...
The 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix returned to Bahrain after the 2011 race was cancelled due to anti-government protests. [1]The decision to hold the race despite ongoing, during the race, protests and violence [2] has been described as "controversial" by Al Jazeera English, [3] CNN, [4] AFP [5] and Sky News. [6]
The Saudi–led intervention in Bahrain began on 14 March 2011 to assist the Bahraini government in suppressing an anti-government uprising in the country. The intervention came three weeks after the U.S. pressured Bahrain to withdraw its military forces from the streets. [ 9 ]
Bahrain army forces at a village entrance on 29 March. A "day of rage" was planned across Bahrain on 25 March [149] in order to move daily village protests into main streets, [150] but was quickly squelched by government troops, while thousands were allowed to take part in funeral of a man killed by police birdshot where they chanted anti ...
January 1 - A funeral of a Bahraini youth killed the previous day (December 31) in a protest turns into another protest with police forced to use tear gas. January 15 - Opposition leaders and activists say reforms proposed by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa are "cosmetic" and will do little to stop the uprising.
Smaller-scale protests and clashes outside of the capital have continued to occur almost daily. [13] [14] On 9 March 2012 over 100,000 protested in what the opposition called "the biggest march in our history". [15] [16] The police response has been described as a "brutal" crackdown on peaceful and unarmed protestors, including doctors and ...
10 Mar 2012 According to the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, police shot Mirza in the head with a tear gas canister during a peaceful protest on 1 March, and then beat him on his injury. He was declared clinically dead on 2 March, [82] and eventually died on 10 March. [83] Jaffar Jassem Radhi 41 Muqsha: 17 Mar 2012
Business and finance A bankruptcy court appointed examiner, Susheel Kirpalani, issues a detailed report highly critical of the pre-bankruptcy restructuring of Dynegy Inc at the expense of bondholders and for the benefit of Carl Icahn and other shareholders. (Dealbook) Disasters and accidents Oxfam warns of a major food crisis in West Africa unless immediate action is taken. (Al Jazeera) One ...