Bahrain Restricts Shiite Holy Day Amid Iran War Crackdown

high · NYT World · Ismaeel Naar · 24 Jun 2026 · 17:56 UTC · Authoritarian Governance · 1 min read

Summary

State-imposed restrictions on religious observance targeting a specific ethnic/sectarian minority group constitutes authoritarian suppression of fundamental freedoms and political repression.

Observing Ashura in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, Bahrain, in 2015.

religious persecution state repression sectarian discrimination political control minority rights violation

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