Bahraini anti-regime protesters have held a demonstration against the summoning of the leader of the main opposition group, al-Wefaq, by police for questioning.
Bahraini police have summoned the head of the main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group al-Wefaq for questioning, a source at the interior ministry has said.
Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have raided the headquarters of the country’s main opposition party, al-Wefaq, in the capital, Manama.
Bahrain’s opposition bloc al-Wefaq says it is going to continue its boycott of a national dialogue over the Al Khalifa regime’s unending crackdown on dissents.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets near the Bahraini capital Manama, calling for political reforms in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
A senior Bahraini opposition politician was temporarily freed on Thursday by the court trying him on charges that include inciting terrorism, in a surprise conciliatory ruling in the US-allied Gulf Arab state.
International human rights groups have blasted Bahraini regime’s crowd-dispersal policies following the release of a leaked government purchase request for massive amounts of riot control weaponry supplies.
Al Khalifa regime has purchased 1.6 million tear gas canisters, more than one round per capita, Al Mayadeen satellite television channel reports.
Bahraini rights activists have launched a campaign urging South Korea to cancel an imminent shipment of over 1.6 million tear gas canisters reportedly ordered by the Saudi-backed Manama regime engaged in the suppression of the two-and-a-half-year-long uprising.
Bahraini Saudi-backed police forces have again clashed with anti-regime protesters in Manama's western suburb of Sanabis as the ruling Al Khalifa regime continues its brutal suppression of pro-democracy rallies.