Al-Khalifa Forces Kill Peaceful Woman

A Bahraini woman has been killed in a tear gas attack by the Saudi-backed regime forces on an anti-government demonstration in an area near the capital, Manama, Press TV reports.

On Tuesday, 55-year-old Fakhria Jassim died after inhaling poisonous tear gas fired by regime forces to disperse the protesters in the area.

The people of Bahrain demonstrated on Tuesday in several areas commemorating the Martyr’s Day of Fadel Matrook, where security forces have targeted peaceful demonstrators with tear gas.

While people work to rebuild the al-Kowaykibat Mosque in the village of Koura, center of the country, which was demolished by Al-Khalifa forces months ago, Bahrainis are preparing today to organize marches to pay tribute to the martyr Hashem Saeed.

Bahrainis have held a funeral ceremony for Jassim who came from Isa Town in the north of the country.

Jassim was the third victim of the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrations since late November 2011.

According to the main Bahraini opposition group al-Wefaq, 15-year-old Sayyed Hashem Saeed was “hit in the head” and killed by regime forces in the northeastern town of Sitra in late December 2011.

The Bahraini security forces suppressed a number of marches and peaceful activities in different regions of the country. The security forces suppressed a peaceful march demanding the release of detainees in the town of “Dar Koleib”, where number of participants was directly hit suffering serious injuries and were treated in the home for fear of arrest.

Dozens of people have been killed and thousands more have been arrested and put in jail or fired from their jobs in Bahrain since the beginning of the popular uprising in February 2011.

On Monday, the deputy head of the supreme judicial council of Bahrain, Sheikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa, said a judicial panel established in accordance with the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry would review verdicts that were initially not subject to appeal after being issued by a semi-military court over involvement in anti-government protests in mid-March 2011.

Rashid said the panel would review the verdicts “in terms of applying international principles of fair trials, including the right to have a lawyer and proof verification.”

The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry issued a report on November 23, 2011, saying that the Manama regime had used “excessive force, including the extraction of forced confessions against detainees” in their attempts to choke the demonstrations in the country.