2012 in Bahrain

Incumbents

• Monarch: Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa
• Prime Minister: Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa

  Events

January

• January 1 - A funeral of a Bahraini youth killed the previous day in a protest turns into another protest with police forced to use tear gas.
• January 15 - Opposition leaders and activists say reforms proposed by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa are "cosmetic" and will do little to stop the uprising.
• January 27 - Amnesty International calls for an investigation into the fatal tear gassing of residential areas by Bahraini security forces.