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Wilson Center: Bahrain, the Forgotten Uprising in the Arab Spring

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October 4 at the Wilson Center: Bahrain, the Forgotten Uprising in the Arab Spring

Bahrain: the Forgotten Uprising in the Arab Spring
October 04, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm – RSVP

Event Speakers
Maryam Al-Khawaja
Head of Foreign Relations, Bahrain Center for Human Rights

As the Arab Spring has swept across much of the Middle East and North Africa, large-scale popular protests have been generally absent in the Persian Gulf except in Bahrain where massive demonstrations have been met simultaneously with a strict government crackdown on dissent and only limited promises of reform. Al-Khawaja will discuss the prospects for change in Bahrain, the current status of the protest movement, and options for U.S. policy in this regard.
Location:
4th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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