The Hezbollah resistance movement has strongly condemned the Bahraini ruling Al Khalifah regime’s repressive measures against ordinary citizens and its heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful protests, warning that such policies undermine regional unity and solidarity at a time of heightened external threats.

“At this particular point when the United States and Israel are attacking Palestine, Iran, Lebanon as well as other countries in the region and targeting their security and stability, regional countries must step up efforts to confront these threats and strengthen cooperation and solidarity among governments and nations,” Hezbollah said in a statement issued on Friday.

The Lebanese resistance movement said that the regime had resorted to repression in response to peaceful public protests against its subservience to and submission before foreign powers.

“These policies are contrary to the public will and interest of the Bahraini nation,” Hezbollah pointed out.

Bahrainis stage demonstrations in support of detained Shia clerics, censure legal proceedings

Residents of Diraz, Karbabad, al-Markh, Abu Saiba, Samaheej, Karrana, al-Hajar, Abu Quwah, Shahrakan, and Sitra Island held marches and rallies late on Sunday to voice their strong support for the religious scholars.

The movement further called attention to the repression of the Bahraini people, stressing that peaceful rallies against US and Israeli interference in the country’s internal affairs are met with ruthless crackdowns.

“Arbitrary assault, politically-motivated detentions of clerics, elites and ordinary people, forced deportations, revocation of citizenship, and death and prison sentences against hundreds of religious scholars and citizens are “utterly unacceptable” and “condemnable” from humanitarian and political perspectives, and heighten existing concerns, the statement noted.

Hezbollah underscored that Lebanese nationals, who are resisting the Israeli occupation, condemn the political oppression of the Bahraini nation and urge the Al Khalifah regime to reconsider its conduct.

It expressed hope that a policy shift by the Al Khalifah regime would help ensure security, stability, and national consensus in Bahrain.

Last May, Bahraini regime forces raided Shia-populated neighborhoods across the country, abducted several clerics and religious activists without judicial warrants, and took them to undisclosed locations.

Bahrain’s most prominent cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating situation of Shia Muslims in the kingdom, saying religious institutions are deeply alarmed by the state of affairs.

He warned that the political and civil rights of Shias in Bahrain are under serious threat, stressing that Shia Islam, its preachers, and religious institutions face an existential threat in the kingdom.