(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The mass rally in Bilad Al Qadeem came despite Manama's brutal crackdown on protests. On Thursday, an elderly man and woman died in the capital after inhaling toxic tear gas fired by regime forces on protesters.
The demonstrators also called for an end to the rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty.
Meanwhile, opposition groups in Bahrain have called for international pressure on the Manama government to stop its deadly crackdown on protesters.
They have also accused authorities of ignoring findings and recommendations made by an independent commission, which investigated reports of rights abuse during the crackdown.
The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry issued a report on November 23, 2011, saying that the Manama regime had used ''excessive force, including the extraction of forced confessions against detainees.''
Bahrainis have repeatedly said that nothing has changed since the government-authorized international investigation publicized found numerous human rights abuses.
Bahrain has been hit by a wave of anti-regime protests since mid-February, which was immediately met with a brutal crackdown by the ruling Al Khalifa family.
Scores of demonstrators have been killed and hundreds wounded in the popular uprising in the Persian Gulf nation.
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