Bahrain Special: Candles, Balloons, and Molotov Cocktails
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:43The candle-lit vigil for Mohammed Ebrahim Yaghoob, the latest teenager killed in the uprising, held Monday night in Mehaza village
An EA correspondent reported from Bahrain last night, "On my way to attend a candle-light march in Sitra, Sefala village. We are planning to fly 63 light balloons, the same as the number of martyrs."
Later, the correspondent reported that the march had been disrupted by police:
We got attacked with teargas and stun grenades before we started in Sefala village.
So we have regrouped in Mehaza village now. The march just started with protesters chanting, "down, down, Hamad."
The young organizers came holding....candles and started distributing the candles to protesters before we started marching. While others look for police in case they decide to attack, we are marching inside the village roads. The march is very peaceful and protesters are saying sad slogans in the memory of the martyrs. While we walk and chant, I see a small group of kids writing "DOWN WITH HAMAD" using the candles. [Protesters chanted] "Oh world, hear us, we will not bow."
The march completed peacefully, then we lit the balloons --- 63 balloons representing the martyrs.