Presenter, Male #1
The Bahraini minister of interior, Sheikh Rashid Bin Abdullah al-Khalifa, announced that all marches and gatherings are now banned in the country. He justified the decision by saying it aims to maintain civil peace. The minister confirmed that all marches, and gatherings will be considered illegal, and that legal action will be brought against those calling for, or participating in them.

Reporter, Female #1
As protests continue in Bahrain, a new development has emerged on the ground. The Bahraini government issued a decision banning all demonstrations, marches and gatherings in the country. The decision came after clashes between the police and protestors. It led the Bahraini minister of interior, Rashid al-Khalifa, to declare what he described as the repetitive misuse of the right to freedom of expression as unacceptable. He confirmed that protests will not be allowed until an adequate level of security and stability is restored. The minister said that all marches and gatherings will be dealt with as illegal and that all possible legal action will be taken against those calling for, participating in, or having any relationship to these public gatherings. The Bahraini government views calls to topple the ruling regime and chants in favor of bringing it down as a threat to civil peace and a disruption of public order.

Guest, Female #2 (Samira Rajab, Minister of State for Information Affairs in al-Manama)
Groups hold demonstrations, but the level of violence seen in these marches, and protests in really unacceptable. The opposition is working non-stop to heighten the level of political tension.

Reporter, Female #1
However, the opposition believes that it is the authorities that are giving the green light to violence by suppressing protests, killing demonstrators and arbitrarily arresting citizens, adding that the authorities are driving the country into a dead end.

Guest, Male #2 (Hadi al-Mosawi, Head of Human Rights in al-Wefaq Opposition Movement)
They are arbitrarily arresting citizens. They are still torturing detainees, after having said they do not torture. The authorities are still being violent in their dealings with many protests that take place in villages by the residents. Thousands of these marches took place and many citizens have been killed. The authorities are reading the reality backwards. When the government strikes at, and bans even this last card still in the opposition's hand, it stifles the people and we don't know how to get out of this crisis.

Reporter, Female #1
The decision comes after the Bahraini public prosecution released three members of al-Wefaq society, the largest Shiite opposition movement in Bahrain. They were arrested following what the Bahraini Ministry of Interior described as excesses that occurred during an authorized opposition gathering. This isn't the first time the government decides to ban protests in Bahrain. A similar ban was imposed for three months when a state of emergency was declared in March, 2011. Maha Sukkar, BBC.