(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Bahraini police forces fired tear gas and sound grenades on the demonstrators who had staged a protest rally against the rule of Al Khalifa regime on Thursday.
Earlier on the day, thousands of protesters took to the streets in the northeastern town of Sitra to demand the release of activists jailed by the regime.
They particularly called for the release of prominent Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and the detained opposition leader Hassan Mushaima.
The demonstrators also shouted anti-regime slogans, renewing their call for the downfall of the Al Khalifa regime.
Bahraini activists press ahead with their rallies against the Saudi-sponsored Al Khalifa family across the country as the regime security forces persist with their brutal crackdown on peaceful protests. According to activists, seven people have been slain due to inhalation of toxic tear gas since March 17, 2012.
Scores of people have been killed and hundreds more have been arrested in the brutal suppression of peaceful protesters by Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces since anti-government protests began in the Persian Gulf kingdom in mid-February, 2011.
Anti-regime demonstrators hold King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa responsible for the death of protesters during the popular uprising.
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