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Anonymous continues the fight for human rights in Bahrain by hacking into Formula One website servers and releasing the personal information of all those attending the controversial Formula One Grand Prix race held in Bahrain on Sunday, April 22.


The international Internet hacktivist collective known as Anonymous is joining with the citizens of Bahrain in protest of the autocracy, repression and human rights abuses of the ruling al-Khalifa family, Bahrain’s traditional monarchy.

Earlier this week, Anonymous hacktivists successfully launched DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks against several Formula One websites, as well as defacing a Formula One fan site, F1-Races.net, leaving just a message on its landing page regarding the Bahrain situation. In addition, YourAnonNews reports that “#Anonymoustook Bahrain Interior Ministry & http://FIA.com offline...”
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A lengthy press release at Anonymous Central offers an explanation of and justification for Operation Bahrain (#OpBahrain). The following is an excerpt of that release:

Anonymous has been monitoring the human rights situation in Bahrain and the popular democratic uprising for over a year now, only to see the oppression of its people grow worse. When governments murder peaceful protesters on an ongoing basis, their illegitimacy becomes clear to all who can see. The government of Bahrain has been warned. We will not stop our support of the Bahraini people or our war against your tyranny until the people of Bahrain have true freedom and peace...

As in the past, we have DDOSed websites of the Bahrain government. And as the media has already reported, we have DDOSed or defaced a number of sites associated with F1, which has gone ahead with its event in a country that has been the subject of a brutal government for over a year. On top of it all, we have decided to contribute some additional excitement to the day by hacking F1’s servers and taking the personal information of those attending the race, among other things.

As of 22/4/2012 Abdulhadi Alkhawaja has entered Day 74 of his hunger strike in protest of the human rights abuses of the government of Bahrain... We call on the government of Bahrain to immediately grant him freedom... Abdulhadi Alkhawaja is a human rights worker who has committed no crime... When Alkhawaja was arrested he was beaten unconscious, had his jaw broken and was tortured. Nobody deserves this mistreatment... Should anything bad happen to Alkhawaja or his family Anonymous will respond with fury and rage the likes of which have never been seen.

To the people of the world: Join us. Help in the fight for justice in Bahrain. Join Anonymous in sending faxes, writing letters, and calling on your governments to encourage the government of Bahrain to cease its assault on the human rights of its people.

To the people of Bahrain, rest assured that the people of the world support your struggle. Remain peaceful. Remain vigilant. Remain strong. Your strength, courage and determination are an inspiration to people across the globe. Your fight is difficult but the taste of true self-determination will be worth your struggle.

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.

AP reports the Bahrain Grand Prix has gone ahead without disruption. However, Violent disturbances have been intensifying in recent days with around 50,000 anti-government protesters gathering around the capital Manama, just 25 miles away from where the controversial race took place.

Recently, human rights activists have fought pitched battles with security officials, with claims surfacing that protester Salah Habib Abbas, 37, was killed by shotgun pellets fired by riot police on a rooftop during an overnight raid.

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