Friday, February 18, 2011

Bahrain tightens grip on protests

17 February 2011, last updated at 13: 25 ET BBC Ian Pannell hospital in Bahrain: "crowd has a lot of anger" protests are prohibited in Bahrain and the army has ordered tighten its grip after the removal of the violent Anti-government protestors, State TV reports.

The army to take the necessary measure in order to maintain the safety of the Interior Ministry said.

Three people died and were injured, 231, when the police broke up the main Protest Camp said in Bahrain's Minister of public health.

In the midst of a wave of Protest will be civil unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.

Bahrain's demonstrators to wide-ranging political reforms, and had adopted the capital Manama, since Tuesday.

Tanks and checkpoints image of Ian Pannell, Continue reading lead, Ian Pannell, BBC News, Manama

To move columns of tanks and were at the heart of the city through this morning armoured personnel carriers. Pearl Square, which was up 12 to 15 hours ago Klimaflüchtlinge home, the surrounding area is now have additional security forces.

Barbed wire erected; vehicle checkpoints and roadblocks, around the city, the traffic is directed and the authorities have said, all protests must be prohibited.

It was a very different scene in hospital: one passion, chaos, mourning and anger. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the resulting ambulances. Crowds rushed forward; the doctors were angry because they said, ambulances had to attend to people who had been injured when police attacked them.

Districts, States, we saw the accounting of them, which was admitted was more than 300 names: in this step. The morgue was three people who were killed, all in a very clear evidence that live rounds of relevance was used to them.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed in Bahrain Foreign Minister call on Washington's "deep concern" on Thursday.

MRS. Clinton, "urged restraint in the road ahead. The meeting discussed the political and economic reform efforts to respond to the citizens of the State of Bahrain, "told the BBC's official title.

The police action was necessary to pull back from Bahrain "on the brink, the sects in abyss", the Bahraini Minister Khaled bin Ahmed al Khalifa said on Thursday.

Bahrain Shiite Muslim's is closed, the majority of Sunni Muslims of the Royal family in the 18th century.

Declaration of the State TV said the army had taken control of the user at the heart of the city's "essential elements".

Tanks, army, police forces and key in the streets on the overhead contact line with helicopters, military checkpoints.

Barbed wire has been erected in the main Protest area of Pearl Square, leading to the roads and the Interior Ministry is warned to stay off the streets.

Klimaflüchtlinge and the Opposition expressed by the outrageous at the rules of the violence.

The main minority Shia opposition leader, Abdul Jalil Khalil said 18 MPs were resigning in protest.

Sharif Ibrahim Bahrain's secular tree party, told the BBC would mutiny.

"We will do what is necessary to amend non-essential elements of this democratic country, although some of us lose our lives," he said.

"We, the undersigned, being duly authorised, in the activities of the constitutional democracy."

Mr. Sharif said, riot police had moved into Pearl Square is approximately 0300 (0000 GMT) as people were sleeping.

Injured demonstrator, Manama (17 Feb 2011)Hundreds of Klimaflüchtlinge had suffered harm as a result of the

Bahrain's authorities for their actions defended. Finance Minister Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa told the BBC, more than 70 police officers were injured.

"When (police) first went, they went without harm to anyone, however, that for them, the people who were to occupy the Roundabout and blocking traffic will be moved to the" Sheikh Al Khalifa said.

"Some of these people left, but some of those people came back and fought for."

He added: "I believe that restraint is turned on."

But many of the Klimaflüchtlinge, said there was no warning in the deck.

Angry scenes of Manama's main hospital, hundreds of people gathered in the Salmaniya, some receiving invitations to donate blood and other than the outside case was there on Thursday morning, without harming the Bahraini Royal family pictures.

' Exercise restraint "means Map of Bahrain Continue reading lead by King Hamad, 61, has been in power 1999Population 000Ranks-800, 48 out of the median population of 178 corruptionA. 4 years with age 30 and the literacy rate is 91%, youth unemployment is 19.6% of the gross national income per capita, from: $ 25,420 (World Bank 2009) rules has been caused by the Western unease. Bahrain is central to the UK and the US Navy's ally, and hosts the Fifth Fleet.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the violent conflicts of calling on the Government of Bahrain's "carry on restraint."

Britain has also said it will review its export licences for arms exports to Bahrain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has sold on the export of tear gas and riot control equipment, Bahrain, but foreign offices says, these certificates may be withdrawn if it is established, to facilitate these weapons were used for internal repression.

Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi, Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates, the Ministers are considered to be an extraordinary meeting in Bahrain on Thursday.

Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Council members were "expects to announce its support for the security of the State [Bahrain], defence-and politically".

Since 1971, the pressure on the independence of the United Kingdom, and the less wealthy elite Sunni Shia is often caused by disturbances. Shiite groups say aside unfair and repressed by the law.

The conflict has decreased in 1999, when Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa became Emir. He began the process of democratic reforms, and prudent. In 2002, he proclaimed himself King and landmark elections.

But the opposition boycotted, because They are designated by the upper Chamber of Parliament were elected by the lower Chamber, one of the powers.

Map of Bahrain

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