Bahrainis slam regime violence, brutality

Bahrainis slam regime violence, brutality
29 January, 2012 – By Shiapost

Bahraini anti-government protesters have held demonstrations across the country to condemn the ongoing violent crackdown by the Manama regime, Press TV reports.

Demonstrators chanted “Down with (King) Hamad” during protests in several towns and villages on Sunday.

According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), four people died on January 25 as a result of the violent crackdown on the anti-regime demonstrations.

Bahraini protesters on Sunday also commemorated those killed by the Saudi-backed regime forces.

The BCHR said 14 Bahraini activists that have been under arrest since March 2011 announced a one-week hunger strike beginning on Sunday in protest to the ongoing suppression of the people of Bahrain including “arbitrary detentions, unfair trials, and the policy of unfair suspension from work.”

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more arrested or fired from their jobs since the beginning of the popular uprising in Bahrain in February 2011.

On January 26, Amnesty International called on Bahraini authorities to “investigate and account for the reports of more than a dozen deaths following tear gas use.”

Amnesty also called on the US government to “suspend transfers of tear gas and other riot control equipment to the Bahraini authorities.” …more