Dictatorship rules without input of Shiite majority as protests in Bahrain denounce government – Population mostly Shiite but Bahrain ruled by Sunnis

Shiite protesters demand Bahrain PM’s ouster

Thousands of Shiite demonstrators in a village near the Bahraini capital on Friday demanded the premier’s ouster in the first officially sanctioned protest since a ban at the end of October, witnesses said. “Get out, Khalifa!” they chanted, referring to Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa.