Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

Chapter IV — Narrative of Events of February and March 2011
This election shall be overseen by an electoral
commission that includes judges and three public
figures who have no political affiliation. Local and
international monitoring of these elections shall be
allowed.
xi. The principles of public rights and freedoms enshrined
in international agreements to which Bahrain is party
shall be applied, and shall have value equivalent to that
of the new constitution.
xii. The dialogue shall be through the Constituent
Assembly, under the sponsorship of a neutral
international party that guarantees its genuineness and
will ensure the implementation of its results.
358. Opposition sources also indicated that it was proposed that the new
constitution would be put to a popular referendum, and that it would require a
60% majority to be adopted.
359. Starting on this day, HRH the Crown Prince commenced a two-day
visit to a number of neighbouring GCC countries (Kuwait, the United Arab
Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia) to consult with their leaders on the ongoing
situation in Bahrain.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
360. Larger student protests were recorded in many parts of Bahrain
during this day. Thousands of students left their schools and organised
marches and demonstrations, many of which headed towards the major access
roads in their neighbourhoods, while others proceeded either to the GCC
Roundabout or the Ministry of Education.
361. Starting in the early hours of the morning, hundreds of students across
Bahrain began protesting near their schools. Students of both genders who
were enrolled in high schools, middle schools and technical institutions
participated in large numbers. Most of these protests were limited to
marching in the areas adjacent to their schools and gathering at the major
roads and roundabouts in those neighbourhoods. Some of the demonstrations
headed towards the GCC Roundabout by going through major roads of
Manama.
362. Limited incidents of violence were reported during these student
protests. One such incident occurred at 08:15 when students attempted to
enter the Madinet Hamad Middle School for Girls with the purpose of
assaulting the Headmistress. Some eyewitness accounts also reported that a
number of students enrolled in the Madinet Hamad School for Boys were
carrying knives during the protests. At 11:30, a report was filed by a group of
female students who claimed to have been assaulted by a group of female
students in Hamad Town.
363. Some of these demonstrators proceeded towards the Ministry of
Education, where they repeated slogans and expressed demands similar to
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