The pro-democracy demonstration, dubbed People’s Cause, was held in the village of Sitra on Friday.

The protest had been organized by the Bahraini opposition bloc al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.

The participants called on Bahraini authorities to stop suppressing Shia Muslims and denying their rights as equal citizens of the nation. They also slammed the ruling Al Khalifa regime for its crackdown on pro-democracy protests, demanding freedom of the country’s political prisoners.

Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have staged numerous demonstrations in the streets of the country, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.

On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded the country to assist the Bahraini government in its crackdown on the peaceful protesters.

Police have killed at least 89 people since the anti-government uprising erupted in February 2011, according to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Of those victims, 39 died from tear-gas related attacks including suffocation and direct shots to the head, records from Physicians for Human Rights show.

Authorities have so far been unable to quell the nearly daily demonstrations that persist across Bahraini villages against the widely-detested, US-backed monarchy. Dozens of human rights activists, doctors and political opponents have been jailed since the start of the uprising.

Over the past month alone, Bahrain sentenced 104 protest leaders to prison terms of up to 15 years on alleged "terrorism" charges.

NTJ/MB