UPDATED: Anti-riot police use tear gas to quell Bahrain protests

Bahraini protesters wave their flags and hold pro-democracy signs as they gather in the village of Sanabis near Manama on February 14, 2011 during a demonstration called for on Facebook and inspired by similar initiatives which led to the ouster of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. (AFP/Getty Images)

A Bahraini protestor waves his national flag as riot police stand guard (background) in the village of Sanabis near Manama on February 14, 2011 during a demonstration called for on Facebook and inspired by similar initiatives which led to the ouster of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. (AFP/Getty Images)

Bahraini protestors run for cover after police fired tear gas canisters to disperse them in the village of Diraz, northwest of Bahrain, on February 14, 2011 during a demonstration called for on Facebook and inspired by similar initiatives which led to the ouster of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. (AFP/Getty Images)

Bahraini protesters look at a teargas canister fired by police to disperse them in the village of Sanabis near Manama on February 14, 2011 during a demonstration called for on Facebook and inspired by similar initiatives which led to the ouster of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. (AFP/Getty Images)

Bahraini protesters wave their national flag in the village of Sanabis near Manama on February 14, 2011 during a demonstration called for on Facebook and inspired by similar initiatives which led to the ouster of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt (AFP/Getty Images)

Bahraini protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by police to disperse them in the village of Sanabis near Manama on February 14 (AFP/Getty Images)

Bahraini protestors run for cover after police fired tear gas canisters to disperse them in the village of Diraz, northwest of Bahrain, on February 14 (AFP/Getty Images)

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Small-scale clashes erupted in two Bahraini villages as security forces tightened their grip on Shi’ite communities for Monday’s ‘Day of Rage’ protests inspired by upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia (Image: The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights)

In the village of Nuweidrat, police used teargas and rubber bullets on Monday to disperse a crowd demanding the release of Shi’ite detainees, witnesses said, adding that 10 people were slightly injured (Image: The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights)