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A Bahrain court upheld jail terms against 13 leading opposition figures, including seven facing life in prison, over charges of plotting to overthrow the monarchy.Among those sentenced activist were Abdulhadi al-Khawaja who in June 2012 ended a 110-day hunger strike, Hasan Mushaima and Abduljalil al-Singace, both leaders of the banned Shia group, Haq movement, as well as Sunni leftist Ibrahim ...
The following is an incomplete timeline of events that followed the Bahraini uprising of 2011 from January to August 2012. This phase saw the first anniversary protest of the Bahraini uprising, the largest demonstrations in the history, and the escalation of violent clashes between youths and security forces.
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.
15 Jan 2012 Bahrain Centre for Human Rights claims she died as a result of suffocation by teargas when security forces fired a canister into her house. [55] Yaseen Jassim Al-Asfoor 11 or 14 Ma'ameer 20 Jan 2012 Bahrain Centre for Human Rights claims that he died after being hospitalized 3 weeks prior to his death as a result of inhaling tear ...
The BBC reported that the police's brutal handling of the protests had turned Bahrain into 'island of fear'. [157] By the end of the month, another four had died bringing the number of deaths in the month to nineteen. [10]: 429–31 Bahrain TV ran a campaign to name, punish and shame those who took part in the protest movement.
Protesters gathering at Pearl Roundabout for the first time on 15 February. Police retreated from Pearl Roundabout to the northern area close to Bahrain City Centre. The events were one of a string of protests that occurred across the Arab world following the self-immolation and eventual death of Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia, the majority Shia population of Bahrain, as well as some Sunni ...
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Throughout the day, 25 people were said to have been injured, [9] and hospital records at Bahrain's main public hospital show seven admissions related to the protests. [ 2 ] : 172 On 16 February, thousands of protesters continued to occupy Pearl Roundabout. [ 10 ]