Hundreds of students reportedly quit the University of Bahrain to protest against Al khalifa
\nTuesday 24 May 2011 22:20<\/p>\n
Hundreds of students have reportedly quit the University of Bahrain to protest against the ruling regime’s brutal crackdown on their anti-government peers.<\/p>\n
Students say they left classrooms due to the government’s so-called protection measures and tight security at the campus.<\/p>\n
Classes at the University of Bahrain resumed a couple of days ago after authorities installed new surveillance cameras across the university.<\/p>\n
The facility was ransacked around two months ago during the unrest that has gripped the Persian Gulf state for over three months.<\/p>\n
All students must now re-register with the university and sign a code of conduct. Each student is given a compulsory identification card that must be worn at all times on campus.<\/p>\n
According to Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), the University of Bahrain is planning to accept only pro-government students and those refusing to sign a pledge of loyalty to the government will be expelled from the only national higher education institution in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of anti-regime protests in Bahrain in mid-February, Manama has launched a harsh crackdown on anti-government protesters, rounding up senior opposition figures and activists in dawn raids and arresting doctors, nurses, lawyers and journalists who have voiced support for the protest movement.<\/p>\n
Scores of protesters have been killed and many others have gone missing ever since the protests broke out. …source<\/a><\/p>\n