Bahrainis to stage anti-US Friday sit-in
\nshiapost | July 28, 2011<\/p>\n
Anti-government protesters chant slogans in a mosque in Bahrain. (file photo)<\/p>\n
Bahrain\u2019s February 14 Movement has called for a mass sit-in in front of the US embassy in Manama to condemn Washington\u2019s interference in the internal affairs of the Persian Gulf country.<\/p>\n
The spokesman of the Bahraini movement, Abdul Raouf al-Shayeb, said that the demonstrators intend to voice their opposition on Friday against the US support of the Al Khalifa regime.<\/p>\n
The protesters seek to maintain the right to determine their own destiny, al-Shayeb added.<\/p>\n
The main Bahraini opposition group, al-Wefaq, has also called for fresh rallies on Friday.<\/p>\n
Al-Shayeb\u2019s remarks come as Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces continue cracking down on peaceful demonstrators.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the regime forces attacked the protesters in the village of Nuwaidrat, according to witnesses.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed their first batch of military forces to Bahrain in mid-March.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Saudi Arabia deployed more forces in Bahrain in an attempt to further help the ruling regime clamp down on anti-regime demonstrators.<\/p>\n
In June, a military court in Bahrain tried seven opposition activists including al-Shayeb in absentia for \u201cplotting to overthrow the ruling system.\u201d The opposition spokesman was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Anti-regime protesters have been holding demonstrations across the country since mid-February, calling on the ruling family to relinquish power.<\/p>\n
Scores of protesters have been killed \u2014 many under torture \u2014 and numerous others detained and transferred to unknown locations during the regime\u2019s brutal onslaught on protesters. …source<\/a><\/p>\n