International human rights observers arrested at Bahrain protest

11 Feb 2012

US Citizens Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath were arrested by Bahraini security forces in the capital Manama on Saturday (11 February) during a peaceful protest.

Protesters had marched into the city center to reestablish a presence of nonviolent, peaceful protest leading up to the 1-year anniversary of the Arab Spring uprising in Bahrain on 14 February.

Huwaida and Radhika are in Bahrain as part the <a href=”www.witnessbahrain.org”>Witness Bahrain initiative</a>, which arrived in Bahrain in response to a call by Bahraini democracy activists for international observers.

 

 

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  1. Talal

    February 11, 2012 at 23:18

    Look at what she did with police

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnM8O-b1sB8&feature=youtu.be

  2. Dani

    February 12, 2012 at 08:31

    strange !! i was there and i must say it wasn’t a peaceful protest. Unless you call shouting, cursing & throwing stones at police is peaceful. It’s all over youtube how police cars are received with Molotov everyday and police can only answer with tear gas.

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