Remembering the Bahraini Uprising Bahraini anti-government protesters place concrete roadblocks on the highway leading to Pearl Square in Manama on 14 March 2011. [JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN/AFP via Getty Images] February 14, 2021 at 11:00 am Known as the "Forgotten Uprising", the largely peaceful pro-democracy protests erupted across the tiny island Kingdom of Bahrain ten years ago, only to be faced with a brutal crackdown by the police and finally be suppressed weeks later by the military intervention of neighbouring Saudi Arabia. In its wake, the crackdown left 122 Bahrainis dead and thousands arrested. Twenty-six remain on death row. There are virtually no opposition parties, as they were dissolved by the Bahraini authorities.