At least seven prominent opposition activists were arrested in Bahrain in the early hours of yesterday, accused of "contacts with foreign countries" and "encourage the murder." This is the latest twist of the royal family against those who call for political reforms and yield rush power. But neither arrest nor express prohibition imposed under martial law, new protests prevented the attacks against Shiite populations, which deployed troops around the country put down immediately.
Among the detainees are Mushaimaa Hasan and Abdul Jalil al Singace, leaders of Haq and Hussein Abdel Wahhab, the leader of Wafa, who have led the calls to establish a republic. Haq and Wafa are two radical Shiite formations. But among those arrested also included the liberal Sunni Ebrahim Sharif, secretary general of Waad, which supports the country's Shiite majority in its demand that the Al Khalifa cede power.
The Waad, as the moderate Islamist Wefaq (main parliamentary opposition group), aspires to a constitutional monarchy. Mushaimaa and Al Singace were being tried alongside 23 other Shiite activists for attempting to overthrow King Hamad. Last month, his case was closed in an attempt to defuse tensions after the brutal first eviction of the square of the Pearl.
Al Singace was released while another three hundred prisoners and Mushaimaa able to return from exile in London. His re-imprisonment seems to indicate that the authorities have closed the door to dialogue and willing to use all means at its disposal to silence opposition and maintain power.
Early in the afternoon yesterday, security forces shot down in flames against various threats of protest in Deih, Jidhafs and Sanabis, on the outskirts of Manama. The inhabitants of the towns Shiites denounce the incursions of troops. While in some districts of the capital was delayed four hours, the entry into force of the curfew, the few residents who ventured out during the day to go out disappeared before dark.
Armored tanks and machine guns patrolling the city. From time to time, also fly helicopters. Some areas of Bahrain look like a country at war. The entrances to the Salmaniya medical center, the main public hospital in the country are taken by men armed with M-16 rifles and wearing a green monkey-brown with no distinctive masks.
Sendos armored monitor each of the gates of the complex, which the Government considers a hotbed of Shiite activism. Meanwhile, the special troops control entry and, especially, the output of cars, which reviewed the trunk, causing a massive traffic jam. No official and covered her face is hard to know where these guys.
When asked one of them says, "you did not want us to come to help you?" And the caller claims to have Saudi accent. Impossible to verify. In the emergency department is the police who is responsible for caching and write to each of the visitors. "Today we are not inside, yesterday came but then left," said AMA, a medical oncology department has spent three days unable to leave the hospital.
"We could not send ambulances to pick up patients or they could come," he complains. She was not aware of any arrests inside the center, but soon after the visit of El Pais, the Youth Association for Human Rights reported that the police had come to arrest Dr. Ali al Ekry. In Bilad al Qadim, the capital of this island-state until the arrival of the Al Khalifa two centuries ago, burned garbage cans, wood and cement blocks attest to the barricades that until last night trying to protect the dead.
A police operation was looking for house to house activists drew the ire of neighbors and a pitched battle that left 40 people detained. "They were taken directly from the hospital," said one witness. The landscape is similar in other Shiite areas. In Maamar, three doctors and several nurses have developed a local hospital as a campaign in the event of renewed fighting.
In Sunni areas, like Budaiya and Riffa, plainclothes militiamen control the access and Shiite drivers say they will not allow the passage unless they can verify their destination. The Government has made activists leave the square of the Pearl, but has exacerbated the divide between the communities that encouraged mobilization. 
Among the detainees are Mushaimaa Hasan and Abdul Jalil al Singace, leaders of Haq and Hussein Abdel Wahhab, the leader of Wafa, who have led the calls to establish a republic. Haq and Wafa are two radical Shiite formations. But among those arrested also included the liberal Sunni Ebrahim Sharif, secretary general of Waad, which supports the country's Shiite majority in its demand that the Al Khalifa cede power.
The Waad, as the moderate Islamist Wefaq (main parliamentary opposition group), aspires to a constitutional monarchy. Mushaimaa and Al Singace were being tried alongside 23 other Shiite activists for attempting to overthrow King Hamad. Last month, his case was closed in an attempt to defuse tensions after the brutal first eviction of the square of the Pearl.
Al Singace was released while another three hundred prisoners and Mushaimaa able to return from exile in London. His re-imprisonment seems to indicate that the authorities have closed the door to dialogue and willing to use all means at its disposal to silence opposition and maintain power.
Early in the afternoon yesterday, security forces shot down in flames against various threats of protest in Deih, Jidhafs and Sanabis, on the outskirts of Manama. The inhabitants of the towns Shiites denounce the incursions of troops. While in some districts of the capital was delayed four hours, the entry into force of the curfew, the few residents who ventured out during the day to go out disappeared before dark.
Armored tanks and machine guns patrolling the city. From time to time, also fly helicopters. Some areas of Bahrain look like a country at war. The entrances to the Salmaniya medical center, the main public hospital in the country are taken by men armed with M-16 rifles and wearing a green monkey-brown with no distinctive masks.
Sendos armored monitor each of the gates of the complex, which the Government considers a hotbed of Shiite activism. Meanwhile, the special troops control entry and, especially, the output of cars, which reviewed the trunk, causing a massive traffic jam. No official and covered her face is hard to know where these guys.
When asked one of them says, "you did not want us to come to help you?" And the caller claims to have Saudi accent. Impossible to verify. In the emergency department is the police who is responsible for caching and write to each of the visitors. "Today we are not inside, yesterday came but then left," said AMA, a medical oncology department has spent three days unable to leave the hospital.
"We could not send ambulances to pick up patients or they could come," he complains. She was not aware of any arrests inside the center, but soon after the visit of El Pais, the Youth Association for Human Rights reported that the police had come to arrest Dr. Ali al Ekry. In Bilad al Qadim, the capital of this island-state until the arrival of the Al Khalifa two centuries ago, burned garbage cans, wood and cement blocks attest to the barricades that until last night trying to protect the dead.
A police operation was looking for house to house activists drew the ire of neighbors and a pitched battle that left 40 people detained. "They were taken directly from the hospital," said one witness. The landscape is similar in other Shiite areas. In Maamar, three doctors and several nurses have developed a local hospital as a campaign in the event of renewed fighting.
In Sunni areas, like Budaiya and Riffa, plainclothes militiamen control the access and Shiite drivers say they will not allow the passage unless they can verify their destination. The Government has made activists leave the square of the Pearl, but has exacerbated the divide between the communities that encouraged mobilization.
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