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.jpg) At least 100 people have been injured in Bahrain in the regime crackdown on protests over the past three days, a human rights group says.
Member of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights Yousef al-Mohafadheh says the clampdown took place in several villages across the country, including Abu-Saibah and Bilad al-Qadeem.
According to Mohafadheh, Saudi-backed Bahraini forces fired tear gas at demonstrators, raided dozens of homes and made several arrests.
The secretary general of Bahrain’s main opposition group, al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman is now calling on Bahrainis to defy the crackdown and continue holding peaceful protests.
The Bahraini uprising began in mid-February 2011.
The Bahraini government promptly launched a brutal crackdown on the peaceful protests and called in Saudi-led Arab forces from neighboring states.
Dozens of people have been killed in the crackdown, and the security forces have arrested hundreds, including doctors and nurses.
Bahrainis say they will continue holding demonstrations until their demand for the establishment of a democratically elected government is met.
(Source: Press TV)
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