{"id":3663,"date":"2014-12-28T18:31:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T23:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2014-12-28T18:31:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T23:31:22","slug":"bahrain-arrests-main-shia-opposition-leader-rt-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3663","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain arrests main Shia opposition leader \u2014 RT News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/218267-bahrain-arrests-shia-leader\/\">Bahrain arrests main Shia opposition leader \u2014 RT News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">Bahrain\u2019s main opposition group says its leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been arrested after hours of interrogation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Gill Sans Light', Helvetica; font-size: 10px; color: #000000; line-height: normal;\"><\/span>The Bahraini Interior Ministry said in a statement issued earlier that Salman was questioned about \u201cviolating certain aspects of the law,\u201d but did not go into any further details.<\/p>\n<p>The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said on Sunday that its leader was arrested after 10 hours of questioning by criminal police.<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Gill Sans Light', Helvetica; font-size: 10px; color: #000000; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">Salman was re-elected on Friday as leader of the Shia opposition group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">His lawyer, Abdullah al-Shamlan, said that Salman had been accused of\u00a0<em style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">\u201cinciting hatred against the regime and for calling for its overthrow by force.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">Al-Wefaq said that the detention of its leader is\u00a0<em style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">\u201ca dangerous adventure that will complicate the political situation in Bahrain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">The majority of Bahrain\u2019s population are Shias, but the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is ruled by a Sunni minority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">In July, a Manama court suspended al-Wefaq\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain arrests main Shia opposition leader \u2014 RT News. Bahrain\u2019s 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 \u201cviolating certain aspects of the law,\u201d but did not go into any further details. 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