Bahraini villagers to continue housing protest

Manama: Residents of four villages in Bahrain with more than 1,400 families waiting for houses from government vowed on Sunday to continue with their protest, now in its sixth month, until the fulfilment of their demands.

The unusual protest is a fun activity to the residents with games, pony rides, entertainment to spice up longest demonstration ever held in Bahrain.

Head of the Public Committee for the Nuwadrat Housing Project Jaffar Ali told Gulf News that the 24/7 protest that started more than five months back would continue until the government listens to the residents' demand to allocate the housing project in Nuwadarat to residents of the four villages: Sanad, Nuwadarat, Ekar and Maameer.