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Security forces attack Bahraini protesters
Bahraini troops attack anti-government protesters in villages near the capital, hours after martial law is lifted.
Last Modified: 02 Jun 2011 00:19

Bahraini troops have attacked anti-government protesters in several villages near the capital Manama, witnesses say.

Despite the lifting of martial law on Wednesday, regime forces fired tear gas on protesters who had poured into the streets to stage protest rallies in villages around Manama, including Diraz, Bani Jamrah and Karzakan, according to witnesses.
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"With the end of the emergency situation, the security would not be here but they still are," said Ali Zirazdi, a 30 year-old man, who said police had fired tear gas after a few hundred people gathered in the predominantly Shia village of Diraz.

"The security presence is even stronger and their approach now is as soon as they hear of any protest in advance, they come down to stop it from happening," Zirazdi added.
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Nabeel Rajab, the vice president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, told Al Jazeera the government was not sincere in its lifting of the emergency law.

"I think we are going to see more protests in the coming days. The lifting [of the] state [of] emergency it was more to attract the Formula One ... which was going to act as an indicator if Bahrain has come to normal or not," he said.
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Bahrain's 'progressive' influence
American University has ties to royal family, but critics say institution should address kingdom's human rights record.
Ali M Latifi Last Modified: 01 Jun 2011 09:40

In late April, a group of academics, scholars and human rights activists - including officials from Amnesty International - walked past the Sharjah Plaza to meet in the new School of International Service building at the American University in Washington, DC, as part of the university's conference on the Obama administration and human rights. What most of them did not know was that, just above the bounding wooden stairs in the LEED-gold-certified building, existed an atrium named after a member of the Bahraini royal family, a family which faces accusations of human rights violations against pro-democracy protesters.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, heir apparent and deputy supreme commander of the kingdom, has a long-standing connection to the liberal American University: he received his bachelor's degree in political science there in 1992; at least one of his children is currently a student. Last year, the prince donated $3 million to the university in exchange for the naming rights to the atrium near the entrance of the School of International Service
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