Terinspirasi dari pemberontakan regional [[Kebangkitan dunia Arab]], mayoritas Syi'ah Bahrain mulai mengadakan protes terhadap penguasaan Sunni padadalam [[Demonstrasi Bahrain 2011]].<ref name="reutbahsoe">{{Cite news|title=Bahrain declares state of emergency after unrest |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-bahrain-emergency-idUKTRE72E3E620110315 |publisher=Reuters |date=15 March 2011 |accessdate=3 October 2012 |archivedate=3 October 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6B8fpjNiK?url=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F03%2F15%2Fus-bahrain-emergency-idUKTRE72E3E620110315 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="bici">{{cite web|url=http://www.bici.org.bh/|title=Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry |publisher=BICI}}</ref>{{rp|162–3}} Pemerintah pada awalnya mengizinkan protestan menurut seorang protestan pemerintah melakukan razia pada protestan yang berdiam diri di [[Pearl Roundabout]].<ref name="bici" />{{rp|73–4, 88}} Sebulan kemudian diusulkan bantuan keamanan dari [[Arab Saudi]] dan negara-negara [[Cooperation Council for the Arab Statesdi ofTeluk the Persian Gulf|GCC]]Persia lainnya dan mengumumkan sebuah ketidak amanan selama tiga bulan.<ref name="bici" />{{rp|132–9}} Pemerintah kemudian meluncurkan sebuah crackdown kepada para oposisi termasuk melaksanakan ribuan penangkapan dan penyiksaan yang sistematis.<ref name="BBC News">Law, Bill (6 April 2011). 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Retrieved 14 June 2012.</ref> Protes, kadangkala dijadwalkan oleh partai oposisi, dimulai.<ref name="reutbahral">{{Cite news|title=Thousands rally for reform in Bahrain |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/11/us-bahrain-idUSTRE75A19G20110611 |publisher=Reuters |author=Solomon, Erika |archivedate=3 October 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6B8ljEYJm?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F06%2F11%2Fus-bahrain-idUSTRE75A19G20110611 |date=11 June 2011 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="bbcbahmar">{{Cite news|title=Bahrain protesters join anti-government march in Manama |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17309839 |publisher=BBC News |date=9 March 2012 |accessdate=3 October 2012 |archivedate=3 October 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6B8mVdKZU?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-middle-east-17309839 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="reutbahmass">{{Cite news|title=Mass pro-democracy protest rocks Bahrain |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/09/uk-bahrain-protest-idUKBRE82816T20120309 |publisher=Reuters |date=9 March 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6B8lu27Ku?url=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F03%2F09%2Fuk-bahrain-protest-idUKBRE82816T20120309 |archivedate=3 October 2012 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="JSC live blog 25 January 2012">{{cite news | title = Bahrain live blog 25 Jan 2012 | date=25 January 2012 | publisher=Al Jazeera| url = http://blogs.aljazeera.com/liveblog/bahrain-jan-25-2012-1836 | accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="JSC 15 February 2012">{{Cite news|title=Heavy police presence blocks Bahrain protests |date=15 February 2012 |publisher=Al Jazeera |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/201221415146400277.html |accessdate=17 February 2012 |archivedate=3 October 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6B8lzfhTJ?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2Fmiddleeast%2F2012%2F02%2F201221415146400277.html |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref> Lebih sari 80 warga dan 13 polisi terbunuh pada 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bomb blast kills three Bahrain policemen|publisher=BBC|date=3 March 2014|accessdate=6 March 2014|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26421744}}</ref> Kekurangan nya diliput oleh media Arab di Teluk Persia,<ref name="Hammond">{{cite news|last=Hammond|first=Andrew|title=Gulf media find their red line in uprisings:Bahrain|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/14/oukwd-uk-mideast-protests-media-idAFTRE73D1HB20110414?sp=true|agency=Reuters Africa|accessdate=26 April 2013|date=14 April 2011}}</ref> sebagai pelengkap pemberontakan dalam [[Kebangkitan dunia Arab]] lainnya, memunculkan beberapa kontroversi.
