15 February 2011 - 20:30

The demonstrators from Bahrain's Shia majority say the ruling Sunni minority shuts them out of housing, healthcare and government jobs.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The demonstrators from Bahrain's Shia majority say the ruling Sunni minority shuts them out of housing, healthcare and government jobs.

The main Shia opposition bloc Wefaq, which boycotted parliament to protest the clampdown by Sunni security forces, said it would hold talks with the government on Wednesday.

Protesters said their main demand was the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, who has governed the Gulf Arab state since its independence in 1971.