Crackdown on Demonstrators intensifies in Bahrain on the First Anniversary of the February 14, Protests

Bahrain: a Crackdown on Demonstrators in the First Anniversary of the Feb. 14 Protests
30 January, 2012 – Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights

Bahraini authorities have launched a security crackdown in the first anniversary of the protests on February 14, Security forces and the forces in civilian clothes raided the houses and arrested demonstrators brutally.

Witnesses told Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) that Security forces raided the houses in Bani Jamra, Sanabis, Daih, Nuwaidrat and other areas in recent days.

The BYSHR believes that the arrests are proactive security crackdown before 14 February, after called for opposition groups to return to the Pearl roundabout (the location of the protests, which was demolished by authorities).

According to the information, the authorities arrested in recent weeks, more than 70 demonstrators during the protests.

The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) expresses its deep concern regarding the arrests and demanded the authorities to protect freedom of assembly and opinion.
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