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All the Bahrain youtho protest to you, in your
capacity as a representative of the British justice and
honour in Bahrain* The Government of the native country
dealt with the youths who claimed thoir reasonable rights
very s everely in suppressing and exterminating them* We

have the honour to set forth beforo you the chief reasons
which led to this pitiable state of affairs.
As you are aware the Government arrested Sa'ad
Shamlan and Ahmad Chirawi without any obvious reason and
kept them in prison. When the news of this incident was
spread a general resentment wqs felt in the national quart­

ers in respect of the national cause which concerns only
organization of the internal affairs of the country.
When those two persons were arrested a strike was made
which is known to you and we, the young men conducted a
peaceful d emonstration as a result of which we were beaten
very severely by the Police and many of our injured com­
panions were taken to the prison by the Government. In
view of these acts, the condition became critical and we

decided yesterday morning to come and see you and to report
to you our grievances* We gathered in front of the
Agency but the Government sent one of their responsible
men with a number of bedoUins who beat us and made us
disperse. We therefore submit this our protest against
the action of the Government and have the honour to set

forth our demands to yourequesting the justice of the
British to intervene between us and those authorised i*
in solving the problem:-
1* Release of those who have been arrested in
-----the present events;
2. Issue of a general amnesty in respect of all those
— who took part in this peaceful movement
Now we are satisfied with these two demands as
after the release of the prisoners by the Government
the ir/-

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