It's about time. Al Jazeera English is finally telling the story of the crackdown from the perspective of detainees' families (similar to our friends Shubbar and Hajar).
Check out this story, which includes footage of the crackdown and an interview with the wife of an abducted man.
AJE also ran some of the first video confirming reports that the government of Bahrain has destroyed over a dozen Shia mosques:
Interestingly, someone in Qatar has decided to start pressing the Obama Administration to protect human rights. We'll see if this shift convinces the Obama team to press their allies in Manama a bit harder. There may be a voice for the voiceless Shia in Bahrain after all.
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