Banned Protests Go “Full On” – Police attack Protesters in 19 areas, 18 arrests and 24 house raids

Protests attacked in 19 areas, 18 arrests and 24 house raids
Protests go on despite suppressive security escalation on freedom
7 November, 2012 – Al Wefaq

Around 18 citizens have been arrested Tuesday while illegal and inhumane number of house raids that took place at dawn to terrorize residents, totaled up to 24. These acts are in line with the regime’s systematic suppressive security policy toward the popular demands of freedom and democratic transition.

More than 19 areas were subjected to the forces collective punishment and brutal suppression. The forces used Birdshot and toxic tear gas causing injuries between pro-democracy protesters.

Protests continue to take to streets across Bahrain despite the official decision to ban all rallies and protests, and despite the ongoing house raids and security escalation and deployment. And the crackdown on protests and freedoms went on attacking protesters through excessive use of force.

Areas that witnessed protests on Tuesday: Manamma, Sitra, Eker, Maameer, JidHafs, Daih, Bilad Qadeem, Zinj, Demistan, Malkiya, Dar Kulaib, Shahrakan, Karzakan, Hamala, Quraya, Samaheej, Tubli, JidAli.

Houses in Manama were raided at dawn. The forces did not provide legal warrants and attacked and verbally abused the households and vandalized their property. This is the usual and common behavior of the regime forces in house raids.

Military checkpoints were widely set and were used to arrest a number of citizens, including a woman arrested in a checkpoint in Sitra, and a man from a cafeteria near Al-Eker.

JidHafs city was rained with toxic teargas and birdshot was excessively used. In Manama, a peaceful march took to street demanding release of all prisoners and refusing any potential attacks against Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassim and considered an attack against the people.

In DarKulaib and Karzakan , people marched in a large protests demanding freedom and democracy refusing arbitrary measures that violate universal rights to freedom of expression. …source