Bahraini protesters have once again flooded the streets in several villages across the country as the Saudi-backed security forces continue clamping down on the pro-democracy demonstrations.

In the city of Sitra, regime forces opened fire to disperse crowds of peaceful protesters, Press TV reported on Tuesday.
The demonstrators in Diraz, Abu Saiba and Dair chanted anti-government slogans, demanding an end to the Al Khalifa rule. They also called on the Manama regime to free all people in prison.
Regime runs ad for Pak mercs
Bahrain's government has put an advertisement in Pakistani newspapers to recruit Pakistani mercenaries to help its crackdown on anti-government protesters.
In the advertisement the Bahraini government invited Pakistani men who have a record of serving in anti-riot forces or military to join Bahrain National Guard (BNG).
The advertisement, titled “Urgent Requirement: Manpower for Bahrain National Guard,” calls on forces such as “anti-riot instructors” and “security guards” to enlist in BNG.
Tens of thousands of Bahraini protesters have been holding peaceful anti-government rallies throughout the country since February, demanding an end to the rule of the Al Khalifa family.
Scores of people have been killed and many more have been arrested and tortured in prisons in a government-sanctioned crackdown on peaceful protests since the beginning of the demonstrations.
In mid-March, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed military forces in Bahrain to assist the Bahraini government in its brutal crackdown on popular protests.
NGOs to monitor by-elections
According to the Gulf News, Bahraini non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will be allowed to monitor the parliamentary by-elections to be held next month, the justice minister has said.
“We are keen on the participation of the civil societies in monitoring the elections and helping ensure their success,” Shaikh Khalid Bin Ali Al Khalifa. “Our NGOs have been given this opportunity since elections were held in Bahrain,” he said.
More than 110,000 Bahrainis will on September 24 elect 18 new lawmakers to replace the former MPs who represented Al-Wefaq society after they resigned in February to protest against the way the authorities handled the evacuation of protesters from the epicenter of demonstrations in Manama.
“The by-elections will proceed based on the regulations that governed the elections in October,” Shaikh Khalid said.
Bahrain held its first parliamentary elections after a three-decade constitutional hiatus in 2002, in the absence of the opposition societies calling for more reforms, and resulting in an amalgam of lawmakers.
However, the 40-member lower chamber shifted to a strong religious polarization after the societies reversed their stance and took part in the elections with Al-Wefaq winning 17 seats. In 2010, Al-Wefaq maintained its leadership, carrying the 18 constituencies in which it fielded candidates, all males.
However, the society pulled out in February and despite a grace period and pleas from the other lawmakers not to quit the lower chamber, the 18 MPs resigned.
Speculation was rife about whether the move would mean dissolving the lower chamber and calling for fresh elections or holding by-elections.
However, King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa in May said that he opposed dissolving the parliament and that by-elections would be held to “allow the men and women of Bahrain to elect their representatives” in the constituencies not represented in the lower chamber.
The lawmakers who resigned do not have the right to run in the by-elections, but Al-Wefaq can nominate new candidates.