{"id":11501,"date":"2012-08-06T07:57:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11501"},"modified":"2012-08-07T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T13:00:08","slug":"bahrain-regime-continues-brutal-crackdown-and-violence-agaisnt-anti-regime-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11501","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain Regime continues brutal crackdown and violence against anti-regime protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bahraini protesters cover their noses from tear gas during clashes with riot police during a protest in Bilad al-Qadeema, a suburb of the capital Manama, April 21, 2012.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nBahraini security forces attack protesters<\/strong><br \/>\n6 August , 2012 &#8211; PressTV<\/p>\n<p>Bahraini forces have attacked anti-regime protesters in the northeastern island of Sitra and the northern village of Karanah, using tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the rallies.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters had staged the demonstrations on Monday to demand the downfall of the Al Khalifa regime and the immediate release of all political prisoners from jails.<\/p>\n<p>    According to activists, at least 30 protesters have been arrested in Sitra and Karanah over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-regime protests in Bahrain continue despite the heavy-handed crackdown by the Western-backed monarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Scores of people have been killed and many others injured or arrested in the campaign of suppression.<\/p>\n<p>    Since mid-February 2011, thousands of anti-government protesters have been staging regular demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-regime demonstrators hold King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa responsible for the deaths of the protesters during the popular uprising.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.com\/detail\/2012\/08\/06\/254735\/bahraini-forces-attack-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D11501&amp;text=Bahrain+Regime+continues+brutal+crackdown+and+violence+against+anti-regime+protesters&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahraini protesters cover their noses from tear gas during clashes with riot police during a protest in Bilad al-Qadeema, a suburb of the capital Manama, April 21, 2012. Bahraini security forces attack protesters 6 August , 2012 &#8211; PressTV Bahraini forces have attacked anti-regime protesters in the northeastern island of Sitra and the northern village <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11501#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[778],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11533,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11501\/revisions\/11533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}