Bahrainis protest against Al Khalifa regime crackdown on Ashura mourning ceremonies

Bahrainis have staged a protest rally to voice their anger at the Al Khalifa regime’s recent clamp down on Shia mourners. 

People took to the streets of the town of Duraz, north of the Bahraini capital city of Manama, to condemn the country’s ruling regime for attacking people who were marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.

Bahraini security forces targeted mourners in several villages in the country on Saturday.

The regime forces removed and destroyed all banners, flags and black cloths hung to commemorate the Ashura anniversary.

The developments come as a Bahraini rights group has lashed out at the Manama regime for violating the religious freedom of the country’s Shia population.