Solidarity Center Report: On Second Anniversary of Uprising, Bahrainis Say Crisis Is Worse

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Tens of thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets on February 13, the second anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain, to protest the government’s lack of progress in moving toward a more democratic political process. At a conference in Washington, D.C., last week, Jalila Al-Salman (right), acting president of the Bahraini Teachers’ Society, described the government’s wide-scale attacks on teachers, their organizations and the students who have sought to exercise their fundamental human rights. Al-Salman was released from prison Nov. 25. She was arrested three times for exercising her right to freedom of assembly, for demanding reforms in Bahrain’s educational system and for protesting the killing and suppression of protesters, many of whom were students. Read more at the Solidarity Center. - photo courtesy Solidarity Center