(Mosaic Video Alert: April 22, 2011) Massive anti-government demonstrations took place in Oman and Saudi Arabia today. In Oman’s southern port city of Salalah, thousands of demonstrators demanded better wages and jobs, saying the government’s promised reforms are not enough. In Saudi Arabia’s eastern city of Qatif, hundreds protested in solidarity with anti-government protesters in Bahrain, despite the ban on protests. They condemned the burning and destruction of Bahraini mosques by Saudi and Bahraini troops. Press TV reports:

(Mosaic Video Alert: April 1, 2011) Bahraini security forces backed by Saudi troops intensified their crackdown on protests as they opened fire on Bahraini protestors and arrested many people, including pregnant women. Hundreds of Saudi Arabians in the eastern city of Qatif defied the ban on demonstrations and took to the streets to demand their rights and an end to government corruption. The protestors also demanded an end to Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Bahrain, assisting the government with crackdowns on protests.

(Mosaic Video Alert: 1600 PST, March 4, 2011) Al Alam TV reports on a popular demonstration launched today in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, following noon prayers. Protestors are demanding the Saudi government implement constitutional and legal reforms, release political prisoners, and stop restricting political freedoms and the media. In a similar demonstration in al-Qatif, over 20 demonstrators were injured, as security forces attempted to disperse the crowd by using live bullets and beating women.