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It has been one year since Bahrain cracked down on anti-government demonstrations in the capital Manama with the help of the Saudis.

FIFA said that it was investigating an "unusual outcome" in Bahrain's 10-0 defeat over Indonesia in Manama after needing nine goals to qualify for the next round.

The infamous hacker collective Anonymous has affixed its digital crosshairs on Jamestown, Pennsylvania based chemical munitions manufacturer Combined Tactical Systems on the anniversary of Bahrain’s protest movement that began one year ago.

The twitter account @YourAnonNews, which has become the mouthpiece for alerting those outside of the IRCs (internet relay chat, simply an independent online chatroom) to Anon's various operations, announced that the company's website was being attacked. After the initial announcement, the account tweeted a series of statements calling attention to Bahrain's "forgotten" protest movement in conjunction with a destributed denial of service attack on Bahrain's official website bahrain.bh.

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The group also released a statement on pastebin.com, where they traditionally post what are essentially press releases for the general public. In this statement the collective dicussed the motivation behind the attack on Combined Tactical Systems and their continued support for Arab protesters.

“From the streets of Oakland to Tahrir Square, to Palestine, Greece, Bahrain and Syria, your sinister instruments of torture and brutality have been used by the vile swine enforcers of the rich ruling classes to repress our revolutionary movements,” read the statement.

The riot police fired tear gas on the hunger strikers in one of the prison’s cells, according to the head of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), Mohammed al-Maskati, the AFP reported.

The cause of Ashiri's death was originally given as complications resulting from sickle-cell anaemia, but photos of his body showed heavy bruises that suggested he had been beaten.

According to Bahrain's interior ministry, the blast came from a bus parked near the British embassy in the capital, Manama.

Bahraini security forces used excessive force to clear demonstrations, made unlawful arrests and subjected detainees to "physical and psychological torture," said the head of a special panel set up to investigate the crackdown.

The government pledged to hold those responsible for abuses accountable, but denied ordering the use of excessive force against protesters.

Protests and clashes with police escalated in Bahrain's capital of Manama on Friday, following the funeral of a teenage boy who activists say was hit by a stray police bullet during an earlier protest.

The Gulf nation's authorities arrested dozens of medical staff during protests demanding political reforms and an end to sectarian discrimination against the Shi'ite majority.

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