Bahraini uprising of 2011 | |
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Part of the Arab Spring | |
Date | 14 February 2011 | – March 2011
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Caused by | Corruption, discrimination against Shias, unemployment, slow pace of democratisation and Inspiration from concurrent regional protests |
Goals | Constitutional monarchy, rewrite the Constitution, ending economic and human rights violations, fair elections and freedom. |
Methods | Civil resistance, Demonstrations, hunger strikes and General strikes |
Resulted in |
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The following is a timeline of the Bahraini uprising from February to March 2011, beginning with the start of protests in February 2011 and including the Saudi and Emirati-backed crackdown from 15 March.