Bahrain: The Day of Wrath

Written by Jillian C. York

Protests took place in many places in Bahrain today, in what has been called Bahrain’s Day of Wrath. Netizens gasped in horror as they saw how police forces dealt with peaceful protesters from the early morning, quickly exchanging links to horrible videos showing police
atrocities on Twitter and other social networking sites.

One protester is reportedly dead (killed) and several people are said to be injured as riot control police fired gas canisters and rubber
bullets directly at protesters at close range, as you can all see from this video and this photo post.

Tweeps are now complaining that the Internet is slow. While some are debating whether the government has a hand in this, others are quick
to point that the slow speed could be as a result in the surge in traffic as people rummage through different sites to see what happened in the country today.

Also today, the government censored a YouTube video page and reportedly the Bambuser account of Human Rights activist Nabeel Rajab.

Here’s a snapshot of reactions on Twitter:

On blogs, Bint Battuta in Bahrain translates
some of the demands made by protesters; Mahmood Al Yousif calls for wisdom to prevail and I predict
how the police forces will deal with political dissent in my country.

For more on the protests in Bahrain, follow the Twitter hash tag #14Feb

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Bahrain: The Day of Wrath
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