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Update from #Bahrain: Police Arrest Protesters, Beat Women #feb14

2-11-2012

By Marc Jayson Climaco
New Media Content Specialist

Human Rights First’s Brian Dooley speaks with a Bahraini pro-democracy protester after today’s rally in Manama, Bahrain. This is one of a series of rallies and marches being organized in the lead up to the anniversary of Bahrain’s democracy movement on February 14.

She reports that the police arrested protesters and beat two women on their way to the rally.

The Bahrain monarchy recently denied Brian Dooley and other international observers entry to monitor the protests surrounding the anniversary. The Kingdom also denied entry to many international journalists including Nick Kristof and Adam Ellick of the New York Times, Gregg Carlstrom of Al Jazeera, Cara Swift of the BBC and Kristen Chick of the Christian Science Monitor.

Nevertheless, Human Rights Firsts will continue to provide updates from our partners in Bahrain. Stay tuned for daily recounts of the protests.

Read our new report:  Bahrain: The Gathering Storm


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  • Irfan

    The two women she is talking about, which I doubt she saw with her own eyes are Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath and just by looking at them she understood their origin. This is a rehearsed call. The two women entered Bahrain as tourists and then participated in illegal gatherings so they were arrested and deported, but never beaten.