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Riot police attempt to defuse clashes in Bahrain

2015-01-04 23 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Anti-government protesters and supporters of detained opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman engaged in fresh clashes with riot police in Bilad Al Qadeem, a suburb of the Bahraini capital on Sunday (January 4).<br/> <br />Sheikh Salman, head of the al-Wefaq Islamic Society, was arrested last Sunday after leading a protest rally against elections in November which his party boycotted.<br/> <br />He was remanded in custody for a further week on Tuesday (December 30).<br/> <br />A statement issued by Bahrain's Public Prosecution on Thursday (January 1), said Sheikh Salman was being interrogated on charges that include spreading ideas to defy the regime and authorities.<br/> <br />It said he had been confronted by recordings of a speech he gave to the general conference of the al-Wefaq party and a television interview in which he said that the opposition in Bahrain had received offers to emulate the Syrian opposition and take up arms, which it had refused.<br/> <br />He is stil

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