The Bahrain Uprising in Numbers
\nby Rannie Amiri, 29 December, 2011 – Antiwar Forum<\/p>\n
Population of Bahrain: 1.2 million
\nNumber of citizens: 535,000
\nPercentage of citizens who are Shia Muslim: 70
\nPercentage of those in government: 13<\/p>\n
Number of senior positions they fill in the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, the National Guard, the Supreme Defense Council, and the Royal Court: 0<\/p>\n
Percentage in the Ministry of Finance: 10
\nPercentage in the Ministry of Information: 6
\nPercentage in the judiciary: 5<\/p>\n
Of the 1,000 National Security Apparatus employees, percentage who are non-Bahraini: 64<\/p>\n
Percentage who are Shia Bahraini: less than 5<\/p>\n
Of the 20,000 paramilitary Special Security Forces, percentage who are non-Bahraini: 90<\/p>\n
Percentage who are Shia Bahraini: 0<\/p>\n
Number of elected Bahrainis from all sects who sit on the country\u2019s all-powerful Shura Council: 0<\/p>\n
Day pro-democracy protests began in Bahrain as part of the Arab Spring: Feb. 14, 2011<\/p>\n
People who took to the streets: 300,000<\/p>\n
Proportional equivalent if Egyptians had done likewise: 40 million<\/p>\n
Evidence that Iran instigated the demonstrations: 0<\/p>\n
Day Saudi Arabia invaded to put down the uprising: March 14, 2011<\/p>\n
Number of Saudi, UAE, and Qatari troops who arrived in armored vehicles: 1,500<\/p>\n
People killed since Feb. 14: 50<\/p>\n
Fatalities as a result of tear gas shot into residential homes or birdshot fired at close range: 30<\/p>\n
Age of youngest victim: 5 days<\/p>\n
Arbitrary arrests: 1,500<\/p>\n
Civilians sentenced by military courts: 208<\/p>\n
Physicians sentenced for offering medical treatment to demonstrators: 20<\/p>\n
Cumulative jail terms levied: 2,500 years<\/p>\n
Citizens currently accused of violating freedom of speech or assembly laws: 1,000<\/p>\n
Documented cases of torture and ill-treatment since the revolt began: 1,866<\/p>\n
Bahraini officials held responsible for killings or the systemic use of torture: 0<\/p>\n
Mosques destroyed: 40+<\/p>\n
Journalists targeted: 90+<\/p>\n
Workers fired for supporting, taking part, or suspicion of having taken part in pro-democracy activities: 2,710<\/p>\n
University students expelled for the same reasons: 477<\/p>\n
Prisoners of conscience: 500<\/p>\n
Bahrain\u2019s rank among countries in political prisoners per capita: 1st<\/p>\n
Proposed U.S. arms sales to Bahrain: $53 million<\/p>\n
Years the al-Khalifa family has ruled Bahrain: 228<\/p>\n
Days left in power: numbered
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