[22 May 2012] Bahrain HR breach embarrassing for US - English Bahraini protesters in several villages near the capital, Manama, have held demonstrations against the US support for the Al Khalifa regime. Anti-regime demonstrators took to the streets in several villages near Manama on Monday, carrying placards that read, "Death to America" and "Down with King Hamad," referring to the Bahraini monarch. The demonstrators censured Washington for ignoring the Bahraini regime's violation of rights of the peaceful protesters. Press TV has conducted an interview with Hisham Jaber, the director of the Middle East Studies Center from Beirut, to shed more light on the issue.