Patrick deHahn

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1 dead in Bahrain, reportedly due to tear gas

An eight-year-old boy, Qassim Habib, died when the government of Bahrain tear gassed his village. Meanwhile, the government is saying he died of pneumonia.

New York Times columnist Nick Kristof is not being let into Bahrain as the nation is claiming Kristof is on a blacklist. He tweets his time in the airport, suggesting ways to get into the country - creating a Kardashian sex video (she was let into the country earlier this year), parachuting in or even flying in as Santa Claus. Keep in mind that Bahrain has been named an ally of the United States.

Update: Kristof is leaving in the morning, flying out of Bahrain.

A tale of two cities in Bahrain: From dinner with the crown prince to protests against the monarchy →

We stopped at an open, remote place. I was led out of the car, and there were at least 20 vehicles at the place. There were special forces, dressed all in black, with assault rifles. ‘We have orders to kill you,’ an officer said. ‘If you do not give us the information we want, we will kill you very slowly. But before you tell us everything, we’re going to have some fun.’ They started hitting me and asking about my cousin again. ‘We’re going to quarter you,’ they said. Then they tied my arms and legs to two jeeps that slowly drove in opposite directions.

From Tine Danckaers’ piece on Bahrain and their revolution’s history

Letter from a Bahrain prison →

If you read something today, please have it be this Storify of tweets from a letter by Zainab Al-Khawaja (@angryarabiya), a prisoner in Bahrain arrested for trying to visit her jailed activist father Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja. Curated and posted by NPR’s Andy Carvin.