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Omani security forces arrest protesters
[Iran Press TV] Omani security forces have clashed with protesters, arresting scores of people demanding jobs and higher salaries in the southern city of Salalah.Security forces on Thursday fired shots in the air and destroyed tents to push out protesters camped outside the provincial governor's office. Fresh festivities in Salalah erupted again on Friday and continued until the early hours of Saturday. "Security forces used their batons and took away protesters in three army buses," one witness, who did not want to be identified, told Rooters by telephone. Witnesses say scores and possibly hundreds of people were taken away. Anti-government protests have been ongoing in Oman since February 25. Omani protesters have been demanding jobs, better wages and more democratic reforms in the sultanate. Oman's ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said has ruled the country for forty years. Posted by: Fred 2011-05-15 |
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