Bahraini Shiite cleric remanded in custody by further 15 days

  Monday, 18 February 2019

source: abna

Bahraini Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al Meshaal had his detention extended for a second time on Sunday as the office of Manama’s public prosecutor continues to investigate him for ‘inciting hatred against the regime’.
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Bahraini Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al Meshaal had his detention extended for a second time on Sunday as the office of Manama’s public prosecutor continues to investigate him for ‘inciting hatred against the regime’.
The cleric was detained at the start of the month after being summoned for questioning.
The arrest came a mere 48 hours after Sayed Al Meshaal had served a two-and-a-half year prison term over a separate set of charges.
In July 2016, he was jailed for participating in a round-the-clock vigil around the home of Bahrain’s highest religious authority, Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Sayed Al Meshaal once chaired the now-dissolved Islamic Scholars Council, which was one of Bahrain’s leading Shiite religious institutions.
The Washington-based Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) described his detention “as a reminder that the Bahraini Shiite community continues to be marginalized and silenced.”