Bahrainis demand release of political prisoners (Bahrain)

A peaceful demonstration by Bahraini activists Buri and Eker regions turned violent after police stepped in to disperse the demonstration.

According to reports, Bahrainis demonstrated in unity with political prisoners, calling on the Manama regime to release them.

In Eker, a demonstration turned violent, with clashes breaking out between the protestors and the security forces. Regime forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.

There have been almost daily demonstrations in many parts of Bahrain over the past months. Demonstrators say sentences issued against the prisoners are unjust.

On September 21, a Bahraini appeals court upheld an earlier ruling that handed five-year imprisonment sentences to nine Shia activists.

Attorneys for the Shia activists, however, insist that the defendants were innocent and were forced to make confessions regarding the charges against them.