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| Bahrain cracks down on Shiite activists |
| 2010-08-18 |
| [Arab News] A Bahraini lawyer says security forces have detained six more opposition members in a crackdown on the Gulf kingdom's majority Shiites who complain of being disenfranchised. Lawyer Mohammed Al-Tajir said Tuesday a total of 10 activists, including eight leading members of the opposition, have been detained since Saturday. Al-Tajir said the detained have not been charged and their whereabouts are unknown. Security officials said they are targeting opposition figures seeking to harm national stability. The crackdown follows a series of violent Shiite-led protests accusing the government of discrimination. Shiites are a majority in Bahrain, but the island nation, home to the US Fifth Fleet, is ruled by a Sunni royal family. |
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