In February in Bahrain took place under the influence of other Arab countries, revolutions took place thousands of opposition protests. The demonstrators, most of them Shiite Muslims, constituting 75% of the population of Bahrain, demanded the expansion of the rights and influence in the country, ruled by the Sunni Al-Khalifa dynasty. In clashes with the police killed dozens of people, hundreds were injured. The riots subsided after entering into the kingdom in March at the request of its government troops GCC (Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States), consisting of Saudi soldiers and police officers from the UAE. Most of the releases during Monday oppositionists were arrested in April. In the blame was put to them an active part in mass protests that took place in a small island nation in February 2011. "Among the releases during and two former deputies of the local parliament, members of the opposition faction" Al-Wifaq "Matar Matar and Jawad Fairuz. These deputies, to interact with the journalists in the midst of the events of February and immediately after them. As they put the blame spreading false information and participation in illegal gatherings, "- said the representative of the media center Qasim Bahrani. According to activists from the opposition for taking part in protest actions in prison are now over a thousand people. Release of prisoners has caused jubilation in Manama – capital of the Arab kingdom – and in its vicinity, which mostly populated Shiite Muslims. In July, authorities in Bahrain, organized a "National Dialogue", which, according to their plan, had to settle the political crisis in the country through the convergence of the ruling dynasty and the opposition. However, the political movement "Al-Wifaq," which is the main mouthpiece of the aspirations of the Shiite population of protest came out of the dialogue, saying that "opinions expressed by it (the motion) representatives at the talks, not taken into account (the government)."
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