(20 Mar 2011) SHOTLIST
Sitra
1. Scores of mourners chant as of Isa al Radhi's coffin, covered with flag and petals, is carried overhead through crowd
2. Wide of coffin being carried through crowd of mourners, some waving national flag
3. Mid of coffin being carried aloft, some mourners touching coffin with their hands
4. Wide of funeral procession
Manama
5. Small protest by opposition activists, holding big banner and small national flags, outside UN offices
6. Mid of protesters, some holding national flags
7. Close-up protesters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdulnabi Salman, deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Tribune, part of the opposition alliance
"We would like to express our clear message to the international community that the people of Bahrain are against the international, Saudi, intervention in our internal issues and we would like to say to the world that what's happening in Bahrain is a totally internal issue and we have to discuss this between ourselves, locally, and the government should listen to its own people. Our issues are very simple: to sit down and have a dialogue, a real and genuine dialogue about it, and we don't need any outside intervention in this issue."
9. Close-up of protesters
STORYLINE
Dozens of mourners on Sunday took part in the funeral procession of a man killed in the crackdown on anti-government protesters in Bahrain.
Isa al-Radhi went missing several days ago during clashes with government forces in Sitra, southwest of the capital, Manama.
His body was returned to his family on Sunday, with a broken skull and covered in multiple bruises.
Hours later, al-Radhi's flag-draped coffin was carried to the burial site in the Shiite town.
Sitra, the hub of Bahrain's oil industry, has been the site of the worst confrontations during the month-long revolt against the kingdom's rulers, in which at least 13 people have been killed.
Bahrain's rulers invited armies from other Sunni-ruled Gulf countries this week to help root out dissent as the protests spiralled into widespread calls for an end to the Sunni monarchy.
On Sunday, a small number of opposition lawmakers gathered outside the UN offices in Manama to rally against the foreign intervention.
In a brief protest that disbanded before police could arrive to break it up, the activists appealed for a proper dialogue between the opposition and the monarchy, without outside interference.
The legislators taking part in the protest resigned last month to protest the crackdown on the month long revolt.
The parliament is Bahrain's only elected body.
It holds limited authority since all the country's decisions - including the appointment of government ministers - rest with the king.
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