Anti-Formula One banners were yesterday carried by protesters in the latest rally to be staged in Bahrain.
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Unlike Monday's demonstration in Salmabad that culminated in violent clashes between police and rioters, yesterday's event in Al Dair on the outskirts of the airport ended peacefully.u00a0
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Bahraini Shiite Muslims hold up banners in demonstration against the upcoming Bahrain GP in Muharraq yesterday. PicC/AFP
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This was the more acceptable face of protesting in Bahrain as a 5,000-strong crowd made their voices heard without resorting to throwing petrol bombs and stones at riot police.
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On this occasion the pro-democracy throng was spearheaded by a group of children carrying a banner, 12 feet by four, with the words âOur demand: Freedom - Not: Formula 1'.
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It also sported the F1 trademark, with the âF' replaced by a smoking sub-machine gun.u00a0
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Another large hand-scrawled placard also called for no F1 in the kingdom, whilst at one stage the crowd chanted anti-F1 slogans.u00a0
