Bahrain

[Schneemann]

Bahrain accuses Shia activists of 'terror campaign'

Prosecutors in Bahrain have accused 23 Shia activists of planning to overthrow the state's Sunni-dominated government.

The men, arrested since mid-August, belonged to a "sophisticated terrorist network" that was planning and executing a "campaign of violence and subversion", an official said. There has been a series of Shia-led protests in the Gulf state ahead of October's parliamentary election. [...]

Bahrain is unique in all the states of the Arabian Peninsula in that it has a Shia majority, roughly 65% of the population. However, the ruling elite is Sunni. Shia Bahrainis say they have been discriminated against for years.

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