Bahrain Teachers Society Protest

Bahrain Teachers Society marched a protest following the

onslaught of the Bahraini security and army forces on the
unarmed peaceful demonstrators who were in the Lulu Square.
The teachers’ demonstration came, also, after the government
refused the protesters’ political and economic demands and
after it rejected the negotiation and used violence against
them. Accordingly, the Bahrain Teachers Society as well as the vast majority of
the Bahraini teachers, both Sunnis and Shiites, decided to protest in support of
the protests demands to get a constitutional monarchy, contractual
constitution, elected government and condemning the brutality of the regime
in dealing with protestors.

Furthermore, the society demands listening to the

people’s legitimate demands, resorting to political
solutions, along with respecting the human rights
and freedom. Based on that, the Bahrain Teachers
Society called the teachers for protesting in front of
the schools’ gates on Sunday, February 20th, 2011. In
addition, they call them to refuse teaching or doing
any other works within school while protesting
peacefully in solidarity with the masses of the people. They also called the
students not to attend schools for their security. On this day, the teachers’
solidarity was shown by standing for an hour and a half near the schools’ gates,
where they handed out roses and raised Bahrain flags. Besides that, they raised
banners calling for political, living and constitutional reforms. Later on,
thousands of teachers headed to the Lulu Square carrying out a massive march,
leaving their classes which were empty of students. Meanwhile, many male and
female students from various ages were presented at the Lulu Square.
On the next day, Monday, February 21, 2011, more than ten thousand teachers
gathered in a march from Dana Roundabout to Lulu Square, stressing their
solidarity and the unity of their demands. Therefore, the educational
movement was paralyzed in the range of 85% to 90% in all kingdom areas.
However, they society decided that this protest will be open for an indefinite
period. On the other hand, the Ministry of Education kept
advertising for volunteers to teach the students and invited
the protestors- teachers to return to their schools. Yet, all the
protestors stressed their national unity in continuing the
protest to achieve the people’s demands and support them.