BAHRAIN-POLITICS-UNREST Published March 26, 2014 at 250 × 273 in ADHRB Advocacy Associate Delivers Oral Intervention under Item 10 at HRC25 The Bahrain anti-government protesters’ rally turned to clashes after riot police suppressed them. Bahrain, a Gulf kingdom ruled by the Sunni Al-Khalifa dynasty, was shaken in February 2011 by a protest movement led by the Shiite majority.