Syria, Bahrain (and Beyond): Calling for International Intervention?
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 17:44 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
Scene of the explosion in Midan in the Syrian capital Damascus today
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2310 GMT: Nabeel Rajab is home. He tweets of his experience:
It was minimum cost for freedom and justice - 9umoood [Resistance!]
Disturbingly, Nabeel also confirms earlier reports that his "family and house were attacked by teargas" whilst he was in hospital.
2240 GMT: Nabeel Rajab is out of hospital. Zainab Alkhawaja has uploaded this picture showing him as he walks out of Salmaniya hospital:
She quotes Nabeel as saying: ""The most important thing, is we don't give up. That's why next week we'll do the same as 2day"
Said Yousif Almuhafda, who was also injured after security forces attacked, came to visit Nabeel in the hospital. Zainab reports that he was threatened by police when he got there. Zainab later uploaded this photo of the two human rights campaigners which she captioned: "Two heroes after a rough day".
2105 GMT: This video shows Nabeel Rajab speaking to a police officer. As the officer withdraws, the crowd begins to chant, and then the video decays into gunfire and chaos: