Bahrain arrests main Shia opposition leader — RT News.
Bahrain’s main opposition group says its leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been arrested after hours of interrogation.
The Bahraini Interior Ministry said in a statement issued earlier that Salman was questioned about “violating certain aspects of the law,” but did not go into any further details.
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said on Sunday that its leader was arrested after 10 hours of questioning by criminal police.
Salman was re-elected on Friday as leader of the Shia opposition group.
His lawyer, Abdullah al-Shamlan, said that Salman had been accused of “inciting hatred against the regime and for calling for its overthrow by force.”
Al-Wefaq said that the detention of its leader is “a dangerous adventure that will complicate the political situation in Bahrain.”
The majority of Bahrain’s population are Shias, but the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is ruled by a Sunni minority.
In July, a Manama court suspended al-Wefaq’s activities so that it could correct its legal status, and later banned all of its activities in October. In November, the opposition movement said it was boycotting parliamentary elections.