Bahrain’s Shia leader urges peaceful defense of tortured defendants facing mass trial

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Bahrain’s Shia leader urges peaceful defense of tortured defendants facing mass trial

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Sheikh Isa Qassim urged the public to peacefully support 60 Shia clerics awaiting a court verdict in Bahrain. He warned the monarchy that the case, which he described as based on fabricated accusations, could have serious consequences.

TEHRAN — Sheikh Isa Qassim, the senior Shia cleric whom Bahrain’s rulers stripped of his citizenship in 2016, urged the public on Friday to stand peacefully behind 60 clerics awaiting a court verdict on November 8, and warned the monarchy that a case built on “fabricated and defamatory accusations” could carry grave consequences.

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