AhlulBayt News Agency

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8 June 2014

12:36:26 PM
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Bahrainis Hold Nationwide Anti-Regime Protests

Bahraini protesters took to the streets in several villages across the country, chanting slogans against the Al Khalifa regime.

During Saturday rallies in the villages of Sitra, Diraz and Ma'ameer, people carried banners demanding the release of the political prisoners in Bahrain, press tv reported.

They also condemned the verdicts issued on June 3 against a group of 21 anti-regime activists, who were sentenced to 15 years in prison each.

The new rallies come as a new report said Bahraini regime forces have detained 214 school children in 2013 during raids on their homes and schools. The report by the main opposition group Al-Wefaq also said more than 7,300 people have been arrested since last year.

It lists rights violations related to arbitrary detention, judicial prosecution of activists, torture and degrading treatment as well as unnecessary use of force. The report also refers to demolition of religious structures and restrictions on religious freedoms.

Bahrain has been the scene of anti-regime demonstrations against the Al Khalifa regime since February 2011.

Manama’s heavy-handed crackdown on dissent has left scores of people dead and hundreds of others injured since the beginning of the uprising.

Over the past years, Bahrain’s human rights record has come under scrutiny over its handling of the anti-regime demonstrations across the country. Amnesty International as well as Human Rights Watch (HRW) have repeatedly urged the Bahraini regime to free protesters and other activists.

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