{"id":17525,"date":"2013-07-10T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T15:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=17525"},"modified":"2013-07-10T09:12:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T15:12:14","slug":"bahrain-regime-continues-campaign-of-random-round-up-and-detention-of-villagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=17525","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain Regime continues campaign of &#8220;random round-up and detention&#8221; in Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bahraini regime forces raid houses of anti-regime protesters, arrest 30<\/strong><br \/>\n10 July, 2013 &#8211; PressTV<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain has been hit by political turmoil since mid-February 2011, with protesters calling on the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bahraini regime forces have raided the houses of anti-regime demonstrators in several villages, arresting more than 30 people.<\/p>\n<p>The Bahraini opposition group al-Wefaq said the regime forces raided dozens of houses in the country over the past 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>A child is reportedly among those arrested by the Saudi-backed security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Bahraini forces frequently raid the houses of anti-regime protesters in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain has been hit by political turmoil since mid-February 2011, with protesters calling on the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.<\/p>\n<p>On July 5, thousands of protesters marched on the Budaiya Highway, west of the capital Manama, demanding the release of political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration, called by al-Wefaq, came a day after the party\u2019s Secretary General Ali Salman said that Bahrain\u2019s Interior Ministry had arrested more than 640 individuals on various charges during the last three months.<\/p>\n<p>At least 13 opposition leaders are held in prison for being involved in protests against the Bahraini regime.<\/p>\n<p>The regime\u2019s courts have handed down life sentences to seven of the activists, including prominent activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. Others have received jail terms ranging from five to 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Following the eruption of the protests, the Bahraini regime launched a brutal crackdown on the peaceful protests and called in Saudi-led Arab forces from neighboring states to assist the suppression.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Bahraini people have been killed in the crackdown, and the security forces have arrested hundreds, including doctors and nurses.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/07\/10\/313139\/bahrain-arrests-30-antiregime-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%3D17525&amp;text=Bahrain+Regime+continues+campaign+of+%22random+round-up+and+detention%22+in+Villages&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahraini regime forces raid houses of anti-regime protesters, arrest 30 10 July, 2013 &#8211; PressTV Bahrain has been hit by political turmoil since mid-February 2011, with protesters calling on the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.\u201d Bahraini regime forces have raided the houses of anti-regime demonstrators in several villages, arresting more than 30 people. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=17525#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":[1499],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17525"}],"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=17525"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17527,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17525\/revisions\/17527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}