Bahraini cleric arrested

Rasa – A Bahraini cleric was arrested following a one-year prison sentence issued by the country’s court.

News ID: 435740

Date: 11 January 2018 - 15:18

RNA – According to Rasa News Agency The security forces of Bahrain’s Al Khalifah regime arrested Hujjat al-Islam Hamzah al-Dayri, a former member of parliament and a member of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society,.

The Bahraini cleric was detained by security forces immediately after his one year imprisonment sentence was issued because of “participation in the sit-in to defend Shi’ah leader, Ayatollah Isa Qasim.”

He had previously been fined for 500 dinars for participating in a rally in the town of al-Diraz.

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