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Bahrain systematically targeting Shia clerics

Wednesday, 24 August 2016 10:52 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 24 August 2016 10:52 PM ]

Bahraini protestors hold a placard bearing the portrait of top Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, during a protest against the revocation of Qassim's citizenship near his house in the village of Diraz, west of Manama, on June 20, 2016. ©AFP

Roshan Muhammed Salih
Press TV, London

Human Rights Watch says Bahraini authorities are targeting Shia clerics in a systematic campaign of harassment. The prominent rights group says the move violates the clerics’ religious freedom and their rights to freedom of assembly and speech.

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