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Bahraini uprising of 2011
The
Bahraini uprising
was a series of demonstrations, amounting to a sustained campaign of civil and violent resistance in the
Persian Gulf
country of
Bahrain
. As part of the
revolutionary wave
of protests in the
Middle East and North Africa
following the
self-immolation
of
Mohamed Bouazizi
in Tunisia, the Bahraini protests were initially aimed at achieving greater
political freedom
and equality for the majority
Shia
population, and expanded to a call to end
the monarchy
of
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
following a deadly night raid on 17 February 2011 against protesters at the
Pearl Roundabout
in
Manama
, known locally as
Bloody Thursday
.
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