<p>Tear gas canisters aimed at supporters of a Shia religious leader, who is under house arrest and needs medical treatment, fell on a street in Sitra</a>, Bahrain on November 30.</p><p>Shia Muslim cleric Ayatollah Isa Qassim has been under virtual house arrest since the Bahraini monarchy revoked his citizenship in June 2016. In May 2017</a>, Qassim was given a one-year suspended sentence on charges of corruption, again prompting protests that police used deadly violence to disperse.</p><p>Qassim’s health is deteriorating, and doctors who examined him recommended emergency surgery, Reuters said</a>.</p><p>In other footage</a> of the protests on November 30, a sign read “Defense until death of our leader Qassim.” Also, a man can be heard addressing the King of Bahrain saying, “We are people who will not abandon our leader.” Credit: Twitter/LuaLuaTV via Storyful</p><br />
