2013 in Bahrain

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2013
in
Bahrain
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The following lists events that happened during 2013 in Bahrain.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • January 11 - A fire sweeps through a complex containing housing for foreign workers in Manama leaving 13 foreign nationals dead.[1]

February

  • February 14 - Bahraini uprising (2011–present)
    • A 16-year-old child is shot dead at close range in Al-Daih, a village west of Manama.[2]
    • A police officer is also killed after rioters threw firebombs at his patrol in Sehla, a village west of Manama.[3]
    • Amnesty International calls on the Bahraini regime to release prisoners of conscience it is holding in captivity.[4]

August

  • August 14 - Bahrain police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in response by activist for pro-democracy demonstrations.[5]

October

  • October 23 - A teenager in Bahrain dies following an explosion in the village of Bani Jamra, east of the capital Manama.[6]

References

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