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http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MzI4MjQ3NDM5 Bahrain arrests four Shiites ahead of poll Published Date: August 17, 2010 MANAMA: Bahraini authorities have detained four Shiite activists before a parliamentary poll in which Shiites will be seeking a bigger role in governing the Sunni Muslim-led Arab state, their lawyer said yesterday. The arrests could heighten tensions with Bahrain's Shiite majority before the Oct 23 election that will be the US-allied island state's third since its king launched a political reform process a decade ago to help quell Shiite protests. Clashes erupted in at least two Shiite villages on Saturday night following the Friday arrest of the first of the activists, said Nabeel Rajab, head of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. "Three more were arrested this morning," lawyer Mohammed Al-Tajer told Reuters. Bahrain, where the Sunni Al-Khalifa family rules over an often disgruntled Shiite majority, regularly sees night-time clashes between security forces and protesters in Shiite towns. An interior ministry official declined to comment on the arrests, while the prosecutor's office could not be reached. Tajer said the head of human rights at the mainly Shiite Haq movement, Abduljalil Singace, was detained on Friday on his return from London where he gave a lecture on human rights in Bahrain, home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet. Bahrain's state news agency reported that Singace had been detained "based on information affecting national security at home and abroad that damages the country's stability".Then on Sunday following the protests, Abdulghani Al-Kanjar, who heads a committee of Bahraini human rights groups to support victims of torture, was detained along with Shiite cleric and activist Mohammed Al-Magdad. A third activist, Saeed Al-Nouri, was also arrested. Tajer said it was not clear what the men were being charged with. Two of the detained men, Singace and Magdad, were among three activists held for several months in 2009 on charges of plotting to overthrow the government. They were later pardoned by the king after weeks of protests and human rights criticism. The Oct 23 elections were not expected to meet Shiite opposition demands for more political participation. Many Shiites complain of discrimination in jobs and services, an accusation Manama denies. Bahrain's largest Shiite opposition bloc, Al-Wefaq, plans to participate in the poll where it will field candidates for up to 24 of 40 slots. It currently holds 17 seats it won in 2006. Bahrain's parliament is the only one in the Gulf Arab region besides the Kuwaiti assembly, but its powers are limited as its bills need to be approved by an upper house whose members are appointed by the king. - Reuters [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
