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| Bahrain Police Summons Top Shiite Opposition Leader |
| 2013-11-03 |
| [An Nahar] The Bahraini police on Saturday summoned the head of the main Shiite opposition faction for questioning, the group said, as tensions persist in the Sunni-ruled kingdom. The summons was delivered to Ali Salman's house in the morning, the opposition al-Wefaq association said in a statement, adding it was not clear why he was being called in for questioning. "It is believed to be part of a campaign of political blackmail and Dire Revenge™ against the peaceful opposition that is demanding democracy and rejects tyranny," the statement said. The summons comes just over a week after al-Wefaq's leading figure Khalil Marzooq was released from jail at the opening of his trial for inciting terrorism. Marzooq, a former MP, was incarcerated Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in September after being summoned for questioning and later charged by the general prosecutor with "promoting acts that amount to terrorist crimes." |
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