Bahraini regime forces attack pro-democracy demos

Bahraini regime forces have engaged in clashes with separate groups of people protesting against the Ale Khalifah regime’s ferocious crackdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the kingdom.

According to Press TV, on Tuesday evening, dozens of people took to the streets in the village of Ma’ameer, situated about 15 kilometers south of the capital, Manama, carrying national flags and holding up pictures of those killed in the aftermath of the regime’s repressive measures.

The protesters chanted slogans against the ruling Ale Khalifah regime as well as King Hamad bin Isa Ale Khalifah, vowing to support distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Regime forces then intervened and fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd. There were no reports of casualties or arrests.

Bahraini officials stripped Sheikh Qassim, the spiritual Leader of the country’s dissolved Shia opposition group al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, of his citizenship on June 20, 2016.

They later dissolved the Islamic Enlightenment Institution, founded by the 77-year-old cleric, in addition to the opposition al-Risala Islamic Association.

The Manama regime has pressed charges of “illegal fund collections, money laundering and helping terrorism” against Sheikh Qassim, who has strongly denied them. 

Moreover, clashes broke out between a group of young protesters and regime forces in the village of Nuwaidrat, on Monday evening, with no reports of casualties available.

Elsewhere in Sheikh Qassim’s native village of Diraz, situated about 12 kilometers west of Manama, a large number of protesters staged a sit-in in protest at Ale Khalifah regime’s measures against the prominent religious figure.

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