Shiite protesters, police clash in Bahrain after executions Police in the Sunni-ruled Gulf state of Bahrain clashed on Sunday with Shiite protesters a day after neighbouring Saudi Arabia executed a leading Shiite cleric. An interior ministry official said that several people, among them minors who took part in protests, had been arrested along with others who “misused social media”, state-run BNA news agency reported. Demonstrations erupted in Bahrain after Saturday’s execution Read more [...]

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MANAMA (Sputnik) – Police in the Shiite-majority kingdom of Bahrain have detained an unspecified number of people protesting the execution of a prominent cleric in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry press center said Sunday. "Several protesters and vandals, and a few people using social networking sites illegally, have been detained in accordance with a statement made by the ministry on January 2," the press office told RIA Novosti. Manama has warned of criminal prosecution against those Read more [...]

On Sunday, large crowds of angry protesters took to the streets of several villages and towns located on suburbs of the Bahraini capital, Manama. Violent clashes erupted as the Bahraini regime forces used tear gas and buckshot to disperse the demonstrators, who were carrying pictures of the cleric. According to the state-run Bahrain News Agency, BNA, several people, among them minors who took part in protests, were arrested by the regime. Meanwhile, a Bahrain interior ministry official has confirmed Read more [...]