From the Bahraini Australian Youth Movement
Protests in Bahrain February 2013 – image from Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Bahraini nurse calls on international support after police kill 16 yr old during crackdown on anniversary of democracy protests
Hussain Al Jaziri, 16 years old, was killed by Bahraini security forces yesterday as the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters intensifies around the second anniversary of Bahrain’s ‘forgotten Arab Spring’.Rula al Saffar, President of Bahrain Nursing Society and recently voted 11th most influential person in the Middle East described, “Bahrain is like a warzone. There are soldiers in war helmets with guns and checkpoints everywhere. The people are protesting peacefully and they respond with bullets and tear gas”.
She is currently treating the injured in the country’s capital, Manama.
“This morning I treated a 12 year-old boy who had been burnt half to death by the riot police. Then a 16 year-old boy was later killed, shot by police at a distance of less than one meter. His name was Hassan al Jaziri. These are our children. We are in so much pain in Bahrain”, she said.
Rula is appealing to the international community to generate political pressure to stop the violence.“On February 14 2011 a young man was killed by riot police in the same village as Hussain Al Jaziri during the first wave of pro-democracy protests”, said Bahraini refugee Abdulelah al Hubaishi, now based in Sydney, Australia.
“Only two years later and history is repeating itself. There is no hope for the Al Khalifa regime. The international community needs to echo the demands of Bahraini people and call for an elected government and the release of all political prisoners”, he continued.
On Wednesday 13 February, the Bahraini Australian Youth Movement hosted a press conference at Federal Parliament House where Federal MP Laurie Ferguson and Greens leader Christine Milne announced federal motions condemning the ongoing violence.
The Australian Nursing Federation, the country’s largest health union, has also launched a solidarity campaign with persecuted nurses and other health workers in Bahrain.
To send a message of solidarity to Bahraini activists and healthworkers email: menasolidarity@gmail.com
MENA Solidarity Network 
We support revolution of Bahraini workers and youth against the Brutal regime which has killed hundreds of innocent people including womem and children for demanding basic democratic rights. We also condemn Pakistani Army for sending mercenaries to crush the Bahraini revolution. At the same time we condemn Saudi monarchy and Irani goverment for their manouvres to sabotage this revolution on sectarian lines. Revolutionary
spirit amd sacrifices of people of Bahrain are true inspiration for the workers and youth of Pakistan and whole world.