By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Aug 17, 2010 23:58 Updated: Aug 17, 2010 23:58
MANAMA, Bahrain: A Bahraini lawyer says security forces have detained six more opposition members in a crackdown on the Gulf kingdom’s majority Shiites who complain of being disenfranchised.
Lawyer Mohammed Al-Tajir said Tuesday a total of 10 activists, including eight leading members of the opposition, have been detained since Saturday.
Al-Tajir said the detained have not been charged and their whereabouts are unknown.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Aug 17, 2010 23:58 Updated: Aug 17, 2010 23:58
MANAMA, Bahrain: A Bahraini lawyer says security forces have detained six more opposition members in a crackdown on the Gulf kingdom’s majority Shiites who complain of being disenfranchised.
Lawyer Mohammed Al-Tajir said Tuesday a total of 10 activists, including eight leading members of the opposition, have been detained since Saturday.
Al-Tajir said the detained have not been charged and their whereabouts are unknown.
Security officials said they are targeting opposition figures seeking to harm national stability. The crackdown follows a series of violent Shiite-led protests accusing the government of discrimination.
Shiites are a majority in Bahrain, but the island nation, home to the US Fifth Fleet, is ruled by a Sunni royal family.
A row of burning tires jams traffic along a highway Sunday night, Aug. 16, 2010, in Jidhafs, Bahrain, on the outskirts of the capital of Manama. A summer of unrest intensified in recent nights following the arrest of four prominent Shiite Muslim activists. Shiite claims of discrimination by the ruling Sunni leadership in the Persian Gulf island nation has fueled years of low-level unrest. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
