a >> for more we're joined by bahrain activist maryam al- khawaja.er father is abdulhadi al- khawaja and has been jailed since the government's crackdown. she served as the acting president of the brain center for human rights ever since the group's head nabeel rajat was a arrested and jailed. the group has just published a new report titled "two years of debts and detentions." maryam al-khawaja also serves as the co-director of the gulf center of human rights. her sister has also been imprisoned. the second anniversary with yet another killing of a protester, this a teenager. >> the repetition of the willingness of the bahraini regime to use excessive force against people coming out to protest, are calling for dialogue. the government takes this as an opportunity for people to take to the streets to a express their opinions. it is the second anniversary of the uprising. they did what they always do, which is used excessive force against protesters taking to the streets. since very early morning, protesters have been coming out. it started with peopl

. >> attorney abdulhadi al- khawaja, co-founder of the bahrain center for human rights, is serving a life sentence. nabeel rajat, another prominent human rights defender, is serving a three-year sentence. sharif abdel kouddous has just returned from bahrain. his latest article is, "scenes from a bahraini burial." he joins us from his home in cairo, egypt. and welcome to "democracy now!" talk about what you found in bahrain. how difficult was it to get in? >> i was granted at the last moment a journalist visa for three days. therefore, the uprising, the anniversary of the uprising on february 14. really, on that day and the days afterward, bahrain had the feeling of a country under occupation. there were riot police in full armor wielding tear gas, helicopters buzzing overhead conducting surveillance. there were checkpoints set up along the major roads with security forces stopping motorists, checking i.e.d.'s, sometimes keeping people for hours and harassing them. inside the villages, clashes take place with police with young men and boys throwing molotov cocktails and stones at poli