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How about using AVAAZ to drive an international campaign?
Andrew Spiegel
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Dear all,Thank you very much for your great support and various
attempts to help Bahraini people. The arab and many western media turn a
total blind eyes to what is happening in Bahrain, including AlJazeers.
Your support gives me courage to stand up and help my people and
strengthens my believe in the true goodness of humankind.
With your permission, I am attaching a letter by WLP which summarizes
what happened today in Bahrain.
If I have your permission, I would like to send you images, some of
which taken by students, as the media is not covering, and footages of
the suppression of the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain. Some of the
pictures are very graphic. I need your permission before sending them.
On Sunday 13, March 2011, Bahrain University students where attacked by
the government militia, dressed as civilians, while protesting. It was
violent and aggressive. Students where attacked by swords, bats, steel
bars, and knifes. I was with the students during the attack.There mare
many people missing since the attack early morning, including some
injured civilians.
A state of emergency and curfew have been declared in Bahrain.
Than you again. bless you all.
Sawsan Karimi
Dr. Sawsan Karimi Assistant Professor - Social Anthropology,
Department of Social Sciences, College of Art, University of Bahrain.
P. O. Box 32038 tel (off.): 00973-17438638 fax: 00973-17449126 email
address: [log in to unmask]
Urgent Alert: Violent Crackdown
against Protesters in Bahrain; Hospitals Also TargetedMarch 16, 2011
http://www.learningpartnership.org/lib/violent-crackdown-against-protesters-bahrain-hospitals-also-targeted
WLP has just received the following appeal from our
colleagues in Bahrain:Civil society organizations in Bahrain are
appealing for support, as developments in the country today have led to
serious safety risks for citizens who have been protesting for
democratic change since February 14.
Bahrain has been witnessing mass attacks by riot police,
armed militia, and most recently Bahraini armed forces and Saudi-Gulf
forces, against unarmed civilian protesters in the Shia areas of Manama,
Muhraq, Sitra, Hamad, and most of the northern and middle region along
Budaya Road. The violence culminated with a serious attack on Sitra
Island on Tuesday, which left three dead and hundreds wounded.
At dawn on Wednesday, military forces carried out a
sweeping attack in Lulu Circle (Martyr Square), where, in addition to
riot police, Bahraini and Saudi armed forces fired on protesters using
live ammunition and tear gas, while Apache helicopters circled the area.
On both days, ambulances from central Salmaniya hospital
were prevented from taking casualties, and hospital staff were
assaulted. In Sitra, the local medical center was attacked and overtaken
by the militia. In Lulu Circle, ambulances were barred, Salmanya
hospital was attacked by riot police, and many patients were arrested.
Additionally, electricity was cut off in Lulu Circle and all surrounding
areas, including Salmaniya hospital, and mobile phone service was cut
off in the northern region of the country throughout the morning.
We appeal to The Security Council, The United Nations, The
Arab League, and the international community, to curb these attacks, and
to help end this violence. We also appeal to relief agencies such as the
International Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, and the Arab
and International Red Crescent and Red Cross, to intervene to break the
siege of hospitals and assaults against medical staff.
The Bahraini Civil Society Organizations, Bahrain, 16th
March, 2011
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