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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