Bahrainis rally again to support top Shia cleric
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Supporters attend a sit-in outside leading Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim's home in the village of Diraz, on June 21, 2016.
Dozens of Bahrainis have staged fresh protest rallies in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom in condemnation of the Aal-e Khalifah regime's recent decision to strip prominent religious scholar, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmed Qassim , of his citizenship.
According to Press TV, on Wednesday evening, demonstrators took to the streets in Bilad al-Qadim, a suburb of the capital, Manama, to express their outrage at the measure against the 79-year-old spiritual leader of Bahrain’s main opposition bloc, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
Regime forces fired a number of teargas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets to disperse the crowd.
A similar rally was staged in the northern village of Sehla, where protesters hurled petrol bombs at regime forces. The latter used teargas in response to break up the rally.
Elsewhere in the northwestern village of Diraz, situated about 12 km west of Manama, people gathered outside Sheikh Qassim’s home to voice solidarity with the top clergyman.
The developments came a day after protesters demonstrated in Bilad al-Qadim and the villages of al-Musalla, Bu Quwah and Diraz and the town of A'ali, chanting slogans against the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime.
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