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Taking Advantage of Regional Conflicts, Bahraini Regime Cracks Down on Opposition
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The crisis in #Bahrain is headed back towards escalation. The al-Khalifa regime has decided to take advantage of the regional situation, with the major players preoccupied with other threats, to step up its crackdown on the opposition, and unsettle the climate of de-escalation that prevailed in the country since the opposition agreed to dialogue.

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Bahraini police clash with protesters demanding release of opposition leader
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A Bahraini child takes part in a protest against the arrest of Sheikh #Ali_Salman (on the posters), head of the opposition #Al-Wefaq movement on January 9, 2015 in the village of Karzakan, South of Manama. Photo: AFP / Mohammed al-Shaikh

Dozens of Bahraini protesters clashed with security forces who fired birdshot and tear gas to disperse them during an anti-government rally on Friday over the detention of a main opposition leader, a Reuters witness said. The discontent has worsened since the arrest on December 28 of Sheikh Ali Salman, a cleric who heads the al-Wefaq opposition party. Salman was arrested after he led a peaceful rally near the capital Manama to protest November’s general elections – which the opposition boycotted – and call for the dismissal of (...)

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#Bahrain opposition leader will face prosecutor
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The head of Bahrain’s largest #Shia opposition movement will face prosecutors Thursday after police in the #Sunni-ruled kingdom interrogated him over a meeting with a senior US diplomat. Cleric Ali Salman, who heads #Al-Wefaq, and his political assistant, former MP Khalil Marzooq, were summoned by police Wednesday to appear before the public prosecutor, the movement said. That came after police questioned them the same day about the “meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State” Tom Malinowski and the “political situation in Bahrain and the region,” said Al-Wefaq. read more

#Bahrain suspends “national dialogue” with opposition
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The Bahraini government has suspended a #National_Dialogue with opposition groups aimed at ending nearly three years of political deadlock in the US-allied country, raising the prospect of further instability. The opposition has boycotted the talks for months over the arrest of some of their leaders including their top chief Ali Salman last month, with prospects for a solution on the horizon looking bleak. read more

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#Bahrain bans opposition leader from travel
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A man holds up a portrait of Ali Salman late on December 28, 2013 at Bilad al-Qadeem, a suburb of Manama, as police use tear gas during a protest after police arrested Salman, head of the main opposition bloc #Al-Wefaq. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed al-Shaikh) A man holds up a portrait of Ali Salman late on December 28, 2013 at Bilad al-Qadeem, a suburb of Manama, as police use tear gas during a protest after police arrested Salman, head of the main opposition bloc Al-Wefaq. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed al-Shaikh)

Bahrain has freed the leader of the main opposition party Ali Salman after a day of questioning, charging him with incitement to hatred and banning him from travel, the prosecution said. Salman had been charged with (...)

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