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News ID: 88827
Publish Date : 05 April 2021 - 22:42

Top Bahraini Cleric Renews Call for Release of Jailed Political Inmates

MANAMA (Press TV) – Bahrain’s most prominent cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has expressed concern over the alarming situation of healthcare in the country’s prisons and jails, renewing his call for the immediate release of political inmates in light of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Sheikh Qassim, in a statement released on Monday, called on Bahraini protesters demanding the freedom of imprisoned opposition figures to continue their demonstrations.
"Show the world how the oppressed people stand up for their rights and never compromise on them. At the same time, they do not allow their anger and outrage to take them away from observing the norms of their religion and wisdom,” the senior cleric pointed out.
Sheikh Qassim, however, cautioned Bahraini demonstrators of covert attempts to hijack their protest movement and crush their demands for the release of political dissidents.
He also called for the protection of public and private property during the demonstrations.
Back on April 1, Sheikh Qassim warned that political dissidents in Bahraini prisons are facing deaths and had demanded their immediate release.
The senior cleric called on the ruling Al Khalifa regime at the time to choose between the deaths of the dissident inmates and their release.
On Sunday evening, protesters and relatives of Bahraini political detainees took to the streets across the Persian Gulf kingdom to demand release of their loved ones in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
The demonstrators staged rallies in several regions, denouncing the Al Khalifah regime’s blackout on the number of detainees infected with the coronavirus.
The protesters held Bahraini authorities fully responsible for endangering the lives of political detainees.
Arab and Muslim communities in several European capitals also organized vigils in solidarity with Bahraini prisoners of conscience.
Demonstrations in Bahrain have been held on a regular basis ever since a popular uprising began in mid-February 2011.
The participants demand that the Al Khalifah regime relinquish power and allow a just system representing all Bahrainis to be established.
Manama, however, has gone to great lengths to clamp down on any sign of dissent.