Hawzah News Agency (Manama, Bahrain) -Protests to mark the anniversary of the February 14, 2011 revolution in Bahrain began on Monday and continued on Tuesday morning. People braved security forces, who were quickly deployed to crack down on the protests.

On Monday evening, people took to the streets in the northern village of Abu Saiba, west of the capital Manama, chanting slogans against King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah and demanding the downfall of the regime.

They also held the monarch fully responsible for the crimes being perpetrated against the nation, the detention campaign against ordinary citizens and religious figures, and the killing of protesters.

Elsewhere, in the small north-central village of Bu Quwah, dozens of demonstrators expressed solidarity with distinguished Shia cleric Shaykh Isa Qasim, who has been stripped of his citizenship and whom Bahraini authorities seek to put on trial on politically-motivated charges.

As part of the crackdown on dissent, Bahraini authorities have dissolved several opposition groups, including the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society and the Islamic Enlightenment Institution, which were founded by Shaykh Qasim.

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