Bahraini riot police forces stand guard after dispersing anti-government protestors before the start of a demonstration in solidarity with political prisoners in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, on June 19, 2012.
The Guardian reports that an 11-year-old boy arrested for his alleged role in a roadblock protest will go on trial in Bahrain on Wednesday.
Sixth-grade student Ali Hasan faces charges of joining an illegal gathering and other claims related to the ongoing unrest in the troubled Gulf nation.
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Sunni ruler in Shiite majority nation can get away with murders.
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Syrian rebels and Sunni Saudi backed al-Qaida, MB and others can go on killing, doing suicide attacks in Syria. Nothing happens. Instead Assad is guilty.
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Sunni Saudis and Arab League, UN and its agencies, human rights groups, Saudi puppets like Hillarys, Libermanns, McCains are dancing around in Syria.
For Hillarys and co internal US conditions, Sudan, Nigeria, Bahrain and other places don't matter to them.