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Bahrain opposition chief remanded in custody pending probe

Published: 30 Dec 2014 - 02:36 pm | Last Updated: 18 Jan 2022 - 02:40 pm

 

DUBAI--Bahrain's opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman was remanded in custody Tuesday for one week pending an investigation into charges including promoting regime change through violence, prosecutors said.

Salman, head of the Shiite group Al-Wefaq, was charged on Monday by authorities in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom, where the opposition boycotted a November parliamentary election that it dismissed as a farce.

AFP