(AP) — "More than a hundred civil servants in Bahrain were summarily fired for participating in anti-government protests ... The employees will also be prosecuted for "flagrant violations" of the country's civil service law ... Hundreds of protesters, political leaders, human rights activists and Shiite professionals like doctors and lawyers, have been detained. None of those in custody have been publicly charged with a crime or brought to trial. At least 30 people have died since Feb. 15, when anti-government protests began in Bahrain. Among the dead are four opposition supporters who died in police custody ... three former top editors of Bahrain's most popular opposition newspaper, Al Wasat, will face trial for "unethical" coverage of the unprecedented political unrest and accused three of the paper's top editors of "publishing fabricated news" and "false pictures." On Thursday, Bahrain's justice minister said the opposition's main Shiite party will be dismantled within a month for "threatening peace."
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