Bahrain presses terror charges against opposition leaders
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MANAMA — Prosecutors have pressed terrorism charges against Shiite opposition activists in Bahrain, raising tension in the run-up to an Oct. 23 election in the Gulf state where a Sunni royal family rules a mainly Shiite population.
The charge sheet released on Saturday accused the 23 activists — 10 of them prominent opposition figures — of “undermining national security.”
It alleged that the “leaders of the terror network” held secret meetings in Bahrain and abroad in a bid “to change the political regime through illegal means.”
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100907com7.html
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