(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Bahraini protesters have staged an anti-US rally in the port city of Sitra, condemning US double standards toward the recent popular uprisings in the region.
Protesters at Wednesday's demonstration also blasted the US-backed regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his Saudi-backed security forces over their brutal crackdown on peaceful protest rallies across the country.
Demonstrators also carried a banner with pictures of young detainees, calling for their release from Bahraini prisons.
Bahraini regime forces were monitoring the Sitra protest rally by a helicopter hovering above the site of the demonstration.
The latest demonstration come as naval forces of Bahrain and the US begin joint military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, diverting international attention from the persisting suppression of peaceful anti-government protests.
Since the beginning of the popular protest rallies in Bahrain in February, dozens of people have been killed and many more have been injured during the regime's brutal response to peaceful demonstrations. Hundreds of protesters have been detained.
On Tuesday, the Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces arrested dozens of female students in the northern village of Samaheej.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed military hardware and troops to Bahrain in mid-March upon a request from Manama to help quash nationwide protests in the country.
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Protesters at Wednesday's demonstration also blasted the US-backed regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his Saudi-backed security forces over their brutal crackdown on peaceful protest rallies across the country.
Demonstrators also carried a banner with pictures of young detainees, calling for their release from Bahraini prisons.
Bahraini regime forces were monitoring the Sitra protest rally by a helicopter hovering above the site of the demonstration.
The latest demonstration come as naval forces of Bahrain and the US begin joint military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, diverting international attention from the persisting suppression of peaceful anti-government protests.
Since the beginning of the popular protest rallies in Bahrain in February, dozens of people have been killed and many more have been injured during the regime's brutal response to peaceful demonstrations. Hundreds of protesters have been detained.
On Tuesday, the Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces arrested dozens of female students in the northern village of Samaheej.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed military hardware and troops to Bahrain in mid-March upon a request from Manama to help quash nationwide protests in the country.
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