Hundreds protest in Bahrain over prisoner’s death
Al Jazeera
Protesters march in the village of Diah after Husain Barakat, a political prisoner, died after contracting COVID.
Hundreds of people have held a rare protest in Bahrain over the death of a prisoner from the coronavirus despite being vaccinated months earlier by the island kingdom. The demonstration on Wednesday night saw protesters march in the streets of the village of Diah over the death earlier in the day of Husain Barakat. Videos of the protest, which corresponded to Associated Press reporting on the demonstrations, saw those marching shout that they held King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa responsible for Barakat’s death over poor care.
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