Original sentence: As part of the 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests, the Bahraini protests were initially aimed at achieving greater political freedom and equality for the majority Shia population, and expanded to a call to end the monarchy of King Hamad following a deadly night raid on 17 February against protesters at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama.At least four people have been returned dead after being detained in custody.Protesters in Manama camped out for days at the Pearl Roundabout, which functioned as the centre point of protests there.The Gulf Co-operation Council and the Saudi government have defended the action as necessary to restore stability and security in the country.The police carried out midnight house raids in Shia neighbourhoods, beatings at checkpoints, and denial of medical care in a campaign of intimidation.The police response has been described as a "brutal" crackdown on protestors, including doctors and bloggers, many (though not all) of them unarmed and peaceful.The state has demolished several Shia mosques that have been central points for anti-government activists.Thousands of Shia protesters arose in Iraq and Qatif, Saudi Arabia, in opposition to the Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain
Edited sentence: As part of the 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests, the Bahraini protests were initially aimed at achieving greater political freedom and equality for the majority Shia population, and expanded to a call to end the monarchy of King Hamad following a deadly night raid on 17 February against protesters at Pearl Roundabout in Manama.At least 4 people have returned dead after being detained in custody.Protesters in Manama camped out for days at the Pearl Roundabout, which functions as the centre point of protests there.The police carried out mid-night house raids in Shia neighbourhoods, beatings at checkpoints, and denial of medical care in a campaign of intimidation.The police response has been described as a "brutal" crackdown on unarmed peaceful protestors, doctors and bloggers.The state has issued the demolishing of several Shia mosques.Thousands of Shia protesters arose in Iraq and Qatif in opposition to the Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain