Protesters persist despite crackdown admin, December 22, 2011August 17, 2024 National Catholic Reporter December 22, 2011 and The Free Library Of the popular pro-democracy civil insurrections that have swept the Middle East over the past year, none were as large — relative to the size of the country — as the one that took place in the island kingdom of Bahrain. And while scattered resistance continues, none were so thoroughly suppressed. Arabian Peninsula Human Rights National Catholic Reporter Peace Movement Protest and Resistance