{"id":7426,"date":"2012-03-19T07:54:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T14:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=7426"},"modified":"2012-03-19T07:54:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T14:54:42","slug":"major-opposition-free-political-prisoners-before-talks-are-even-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=7426","title":{"rendered":"Major Opposition:  Free political prisoners before talks are even possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bahrain opposition bloc: Free political prisoners before possible talks<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Associated Press &#8211; 19 March, 2012- Washington Post<\/p>\n<p>MANAMA, Bahrain \u2014 Bahrain\u2019s main opposition groups say authorities must free all political prisoners before possible talks on ending the 13-month uprising in the Gulf kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s statement appears to show some willingness to open dialogue with Bahrain\u2019s Sunni monarchy, which has faced near-nonstop protests by majority Shiites seeking a greater political voice.<\/p>\n<p>But the declaration set strict conditions, including release of activists jailed on anti-state offenses and reinstatement of all Shiites purged from jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain\u2019s leaders have taken strides to restore dismissed workers and made other concessions, but not enough to satisfy protesters.<\/p>\n<p>More than 45 people have died in Bahrain\u2019s unrest since February 2011.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/bahrain-opposition-bloc-free-political-prisoners-before-possible-talks\/2012\/03\/19\/gIQAxJRmMS_story.html\" 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%3D7426&amp;text=Major+Opposition%3A++Free+political+prisoners+before+talks+are+even+possible&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain opposition bloc: Free political prisoners before possible talks By Associated Press &#8211; 19 March, 2012- Washington Post MANAMA, Bahrain \u2014 Bahrain\u2019s main opposition groups say authorities must free all political prisoners before possible talks on ending the 13-month uprising in the Gulf kingdom. Monday\u2019s statement appears to show some willingness to open dialogue with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=7426#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":[1381],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426"}],"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=7426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7428,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions\/7428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}