Violent Crackdown Against Pro-Democracy Protests in Bahrain

Update (1:54 PM EST):

While most eyes of the international press were focused on the dramatic and unfolding violence in Egypt on Wednesday, a security crackdown on pro-democracy activists was also underway in Bahrain with police firing birdshot and teargas on protesters hoping to reinvigorate their struggle against the ruling US-backed monarchy.

The Associated Press reports:

And this is nothing new in Bahrain.

As Bahrain expert Marc Own Jones writes for CNN:

And this blog powered by Storify, was collecting and sharing social media concerning Wednesday’s protest:

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