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Bahraini Police forces run to disperse protestors during clashes following the funeral of Habib Ebrahim Abdullah on January 13, 2013.
Bahraini Police forces run to disperse protestors during clashes following the funeral of Habib Ebrahim Abdullah on January 13, 2013.
Scores of Bahrainis attended the funeral of the protestor Haj Habib Ibrahim Abdullah, which resulted in another demonstration against the ruling Al-Khalifa family's regime.
Protesters shouted slogans against the regime and called for release of jailed activists. Government forces fired teargas and birdshot to disperse the crowd.
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Bahraini Shiite Muslims hold national flags on the top of a van during the funeral of Habib Ebrahim Abdullah on January 13, 2013.
Bahraini Shiite Muslims hold national flags on the top of a van during the funeral of Habib Ebrahim Abdullah on January 13, 2013.
Abdullah and his grandson were exposed to gas during a previous peaceful demonstration which was held in Malkiya village last Monday aftertop Bahraini court overturned an appeal by 13 anti-regime activists on their sentences for protesting in 2011. Seven of the activists received life sentences, the other sentences ranged from five to 15 years in prison.
The 13 whose appeals were overturned were originally part of a group of 20 activists convicted by a military tribunal of conspiring against Bahrain's Sunni royal family and "setting up terror groups to topple the regime." They then lost an appeal in civilian court in September 2011. Seven chose not to appeal again.
