The Bahrain Uprising in Numbers
Population of Bahrain: 1.2 million
Number of citizens: 535,000
Percentage of citizens who are Shia Muslim: 70
Percentage of those in government: 13
Number of senior positions
they fill in the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry
of Cabinet Affairs, the National Guard, the Supreme Defense Council,
and the Royal Court: 0
Percentage in the Ministry of Finance: 10
Percentage in the Ministry of
Information: 6
Percentage in the judiciary: 5
Of the 1,000 National Security Apparatus employees, percentage who are non-Bahraini: 64
Percentage who are Shia Bahraini: less than 5
Of the 20,000 paramilitary Special Security Forces, percentage who are non-Bahraini: 90
Percentage who are Shia Bahraini: 0
Number of elected Bahrainis
from all sects who sit on the country’s all-powerful Shura
Council: 0
Day pro-democracy protests began in Bahrain as part of the Arab Spring: Feb. 14, 2011
People who took to the streets: 300,000
Proportional equivalent if Egyptians had done likewise: 40 million
Evidence that Iran instigated
the demonstrations: 0
Day Saudi Arabia invaded to put down the uprising: March 14, 2011
Number of Saudi, UAE, and Qatari troops who arrived in armored vehicles: 1,500
People killed since Feb. 14: 50
Fatalities as a result of tear gas shot into residential homes or birdshot fired at close range: 30
Age of youngest victim: 5 days
Arbitrary arrests: 1,500
Civilians sentenced by military courts: 208
Physicians sentenced for offering medical treatment to demonstrators: 20
Cumulative jail terms levied: 2,500 years
Citizens currently accused of violating freedom of speech or assembly laws: 1,000
Documented cases of torture and ill-treatment since the revolt began: 1,866
Bahraini officials held responsible
for killings or the systemic use of torture: 0
Mosques destroyed: 40+
Journalists targeted: 90+
Workers fired for supporting, taking part, or suspicion of having taken part in pro-democracy activities: 2,710
University students expelled for the same reasons: 477
Prisoners of conscience: 500
Bahrain’s rank among countries in political prisoners per capita: 1st
Proposed U.S. arms sales to Bahrain: $53 million
Years the al-Khalifa family has ruled Bahrain: 228
Days left in power: numbered
Thanks to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and other NGOs for helping compile these figures.
Read more by Rannie Amiri
- Bahrain and the Freedom Contagion – February 27th, 2011
- Bahrain: Days of Rage, Decades of Oppression – February 20th, 2011
- Palestine’s Burning Olive Groves – October 21st, 2010
Abu mohammed
December 29th, 2011 at 12:32 am
The number given in this report contradicts in many , if not all cases. the real numbers plus were made to look it " eyebrow raising". Gong into detail one by one is waste of time, but let me cite some points.
- Evidence that Iran instigated the demonstration, is 0, is obtained from the BICI report. But the same report shows the number of mosques destroyed is only 5 !, the others are built without license or on alleys and streets.
-Workers fired are NOT because they participated in the uprising, but they boycotted their job and hence violated the work contract.Who will accept a worker, who didnt show up without reason, to employ him again? todate nearly all of them are reinstaed, others case is on the way, refer to local news.
- I am a journalist, not a pro government and support change in the system, but the current situation will not lead us to a better system!!
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baz
December 29th, 2011 at 11:36 am
the wahabi rulers of KSA and bahrain are barbarians and murderers. they are not muslims. They are the same people that attacked us on 9/11 and continue to get away with it today. it appalls me that we are sending these people more money and better weapons to kill us with, all the while we demonize (and are about to go to war with) the country who we should be closest allies with in the region, namely iran.
We should be helping the people of bahrain usurp these fake kings and bring a representative government into effect which will rule bahrain for barhrainis and not a bunch of crazy, greedy saudi terrorists
thedissenter
December 29th, 2011 at 11:47 am
Long live the just, fair, humane and democratic regime…errrr…government of Bahrain then. And its Saudi protectors, of course. And the USan providers and enablers. What a great bunch! Throw them all together in a pot with lots of oil under the soil and you get nothing but democracy in its purest form. Hark!
thedissenter
December 29th, 2011 at 11:48 am
I can the humane, loving lefties are tripping themselves over this one too. Of course, since NATO is already there and in control and the dictators of Bahrain don't talk the anti-imperialist talk, they're invisible. No need to notice them of discuss they're crimes. Neeeeeeeeeext?
David Grayling
December 29th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Bahrain should just call itself 'The Fifth Fleet'. That would better reflect the truth!
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