{"id":16923,"date":"2013-03-27T13:16:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T20:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=16923"},"modified":"2013-03-27T14:32:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T21:32:04","slug":"jafar-jassem-ali-al-taweal-martyred-by-chemical-gassing-at-hands-of-bahrain-security-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=16923","title":{"rendered":"Jafar Jassem Ali al-Taweal, Martyred by Chemical Gassing at hands of Bahrain Security Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pUlHW2_tlh4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bahraini man dies of inhaling tear gas fired by regime forces<\/strong><br \/>\n27 March, 2013 &#8211; Shia Post<\/p>\n<p>A 35-year-old Bahraini man has died due to inhaling tear gas fired by the Saudi-backed regime forces during a demonstration in the northeastern island of Sitra.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say Jafar Jassem Ali al-Taweal lost his life when Bahraini forces fired toxic gas to disperse protesters during an anti-regime demonstration in Sitra on Monday.  <\/p>\n<p>Scores of Bahrainis, including children, have died due to asphyxia after inhaling poisonous tear gas fired by police.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Amnesty International warned about the Manama regime\u2019s misuse of tear gas against protesters and called for an investigation into the tear gas-related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>On February 15, Aminah al-Sayyed Mahdi, 35, also died a month after inhaling toxic tear gas in an anti-Al Khalifa protest in the village of Abu Saiba.<\/p>\n<p>Also in January, Qasim Habib Ja\u2019far, an eight-year-old child, and another Bahraini man, Haj Habib Ibrahim Abdullah, died the same way when regime forces fired toxic gas to disperse protesters near the capital, Manama.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrainis have been staging demonstrations since mid-February 2011, demanding political reform and a constitutional monarchy, a demand that later changed to an outright call for the ouster of the ruling Al Khalifa family following its brutal crackdown on popular protests.<\/p>\n<p>The Manama regime has arrested many rights activists, doctors and nurses since the uprising began.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrainis say they will continue holding anti-regime demonstrations until their demand for the establishment of a democratically-elected government and an end to rights violations is met.  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.shiapost.com\/2013\/03\/26\/bahraini-man-dies-of-inhaling-tear-gas-fired-by-regime-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8230;more<\/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%3D16923&amp;text=Jafar+Jassem+Ali+al-Taweal%2C+Martyred+by+Chemical+Gassing+at+hands+of+Bahrain+Security+Forces&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahraini man dies of inhaling tear gas fired by regime forces 27 March, 2013 &#8211; Shia Post A 35-year-old Bahraini man has died due to inhaling tear gas fired by the Saudi-backed regime forces during a demonstration in the northeastern island of Sitra. 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