Bahraini regime forces attack anti-government protest

‘Bahraini security forces have attacked protesters who were demanding the release of senior opposition figure Sheikh Ali Salman.

Police used teargas to disperse demonstrators at Saturday’s protest which was held in Salman’s hometown, Bilad al-Qadeem, a suburb of the Bahraini capital, Manama.

Salman was detained by Bahraini forces on December 28, two days after he was re-elected as the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society party’s secretary-general.’

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