According to reports, opposition protesters took to the streets in Bahrain on August 23 chanting anti-government slogans. Following a call by Bahrain’s main opposition groups the protesters marched along Budaiya highway, which links predominantly Shiite villages west of capital Manama. A statement by the opposition led by Al Wefaq, the main Shiite organisation said, “Our homeland cannot remain a hostage to a small group that controls power and wealth.” Referring to its demand for a real constitutional monarchy with an elected prime minister, the group said, “It is the right of the Bahraini people, including all its groups, to have a peaceful rotation of power.”1

• 1. “Bahrain opposition protests continue”, Gulf News, August 24, 2013, at http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/bahrain-opposition-protests-contin...