Bahrainis rally to voice solidarity with hunger striking inmates, demand their release
Protesters have taken to the streets in Bahrain to show solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners at the notorious Jau Prison and call for their immediate release, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime continues its clampdown on dissent.
The protesters staged rallies in the capital Manama, the northern towns of Jidhafs and al-Maqsha, and the villages of Sanabis and al-Daih to denounce the Bahraini authorities’ mistreatment of activists in the Arab country’s detention centers.
البحرينيون في انتفاضة غاضبة يتضامنون مع السجناء المضربين عن الطعام في سجن جو - جدحفص/الديه#لنا_حق #أطلقوا_سجناء_البحرين #الوفاق #البحرين #Bahrain pic.twitter.com/wrl73KEMXU
— Alwefaq Society (@ALWEFAQ) August 18, 2023
The demonstrators held up pictures of Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and demanded the release of all prisoners of conscience being kept behind bars in crowded jails.
The participants chanted anti-regime slogans, holding the Al Khalifah regime fully responsible for the lives of the political inmates.
#عاجل: تظاهرة حاشدة تنطلق من إشارات الديه إلى مجمع الهاشمي على شارع البديع تضامنًا مع المعتقلين السياسيين المضربين عن الطعام.#لن_نترك_أسرانا #لنا_حق #اطلقوا_سجناء_البحرين #يوم_الأسير_البحراني #البحرين #المنامة pic.twitter.com/reRbL5cGXd
— COALITION 14 FEB (@COALITION14) August 18, 2023
Anti-regime demonstrations have been regularly held in Bahrain since a popular uprising began in mid-February 2011.
People demand that the Al Khalifah regime relinquish power and allow a fair system representing all Bahrainis to be established.
Manama, however, has gone to great lengths to clamp down on any sign of dissent.
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