Bahraini regime forces fired poisonous tear gas, killing two elderly protesters in two separate attacks.
Bahraini regime forces fired poisonous tear gas, killing two elderly protesters in two separate attacks.
In the first attack, the Saudi-backed regime forces attacked a home of an elderly in the village of Ma'ameer.
The other victim was an elderly woman who also died after inhaling toxic tear gas in a similar attack by regime forces in Naim neighborhood in the capital Manama.
Regime forces have been repeatedly using tear gas attack against protesters.
Last week, Amnesty International said that Bahraini Regime forces were using tear gas attacks “inappropriately”, calling for an investigation into the issue.
“The rise in fatalities and eyewitness accounts suggest that tear gas is being used inappropriately by Bahraini security forces, including in people’s homes and other confined spaces,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director.
The group said that more than dozens have been killed in the tear gas attack launched by regime forces against pro-democracy protesters.
HUNGER STRIKE
Meanwhile, hundreds of Bahraini inmates have joined a hunger strike started by jailed opposition leaders to protest against Manama's brutal crackdown.
According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, at least 250 prisoners, all in jail on protest-related charges, have joined the 14 opposition figures that began a week-long hunger strike on Sunday.
Activists say the hunger strike also aims to protest the unfair sentences handed down to anti-government protesters at military courts and also calls for the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience.
It comes nearly two weeks before February 14, the first anniversary of beginning of Bahrain uprising.
Since the beginning of the popular uprising last year, Dozens of people have been martyred and thousands more have been arrested and put in jail or fired from their jobs in the country.
In addition, many health workers, teachers, opposition figures and human rights activists in Bahrain are still facing trial or serving prison terms over participation in anti-government demonstrations.
