Website that hosted Bahrain 2011 protest report goes offline before anniversary Bahrain has increasingly sought to erase memories of the mass protests that a decade ago this week threatened the Sunni monarchy's grip on power. Share Via Email | A+A A- In this 2015 file photo, Bahraini anti-government protesters, one holding a national flag, clash with riot police firing tear gas in a suburb of Manama, Bahrain. By Associated Press DUBAI: A website that hosted an independent report on Bahrain's 2011 Arab Spring protests and the government crackdown that ended them went mysteriously offline before being restored on Thursday, just days before the 10th anniversary of the demonstrations.