Violent Anti-Gov’t Rally Calling For Political Freedom Goes On In Downtown Bahrain

Bahraini anti-government protesters, some holding petrol bombs, remove a palm tree trunk being used as a roadblock in Malkiya, Bahrain, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, to allow the passing of a march calling for freedom for political prisoners and in remembrance of those killed from Bahrain’s western villages. The protesters replaced the trunk after marchers passed to slow any police vehicles that might arrive to disperse the gathering. Clashes erupted toward the end of the march between youths throwing petrol bombs and riot police firing tear gas.

Masked Bahraini anti-government protesters carry petrol bombs ahead of a march in Malkiya, Bahrain, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, where marchers were calling for freedom for political prisoners and honoring those killed in the uprising from Bahrain’s western villages. Youths with petrol bombs walked ahead and behind the marchers as lookouts for any riot police who might approach to disperse the gathering. Clashes between protesters and police erupted as the march was ending.

A masked Bahraini anti-government protester sits on an overturned dumpster with a petrol bomb as a march, unseen, passes in Malkiya, Bahrain, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Marchers called for freedom for political prisoners and honored those killed in the uprising from Bahrain’s western villages. Clashes between protesters and police erupted as the march was ending. Arabic writing on the wall reads: “We will never be humiliated.” <AP Photo/Hasan Jamali>