Bahraini regime forces attack pro-democracy demos

Bahraini regime forces have engaged in clashes with separate groups of people protesting against the Al Khalifah regime’s ferocious crackdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the kingdom.

On Tuesday evening, dozens of people took to the streets in the village of Ma’ameer, situated about 15 kilometers south of the capital, Manama, carrying national flags and holding up pictures of those killed in the aftermath of the regime’s repressive measures.

The protesters chanted slogans against the ruling Al Khalifah regime as well as King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah, vowing to support distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Regime forces then intervened and fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd. There were no reports of casualties or arrests.

Bahraini officials stripped Sheikh Qassim, the spiritual leader of the country’s dissolved Shia opposition group al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, of his citizenship on June 20, 2016.