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إئتلاف شباب ثورة 14 فبراير | |
Founded | March 2011 |
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Founder | Anonymous activists |
Type | Pressure group Political group |
Focus | Democracy Social justice Free and fair elections |
Area served | Bahrain |
Official language | Arabic |
Website | Facebook page Twitter page |
Coalition Youth of 14 Feb Revolution (Arabic: إئتلاف شباب ثورة 14 فبراير), sometimes called The Coalition (Arabic: الإئتلاف) is a Bahraini youth group, named after the date of the beginning of Bahrain's uprising, and led by anonymous individuals who organize protests chiefly via new-media sites.[1] The Coalition first appeared on the popular pro-democracy forum Bahrain Online.[1] Their Facebook page started in April 2011 where they have 65,282 likes (as of July 2014).[2] It is the main Facebook page that calls for daily peaceful demonstrations and protests.[3] One of the first sub-groups called February 14 Youth was behind the call for demonstrations on February 14, 2011, named "Day of Rage" and developed later to a nationwide uprising. in 2017, the group has been designated as a terrorist organization by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt.[4]