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Shiite leader calls for end of monarchy in Bahrain

Tens of thousands of opposition protesters have taken to the streets of Bahrain in spite of the government’s efforts to meet some of the demands of anti-government activists.

Some demonstrators waved the Bahraini flag and chanted anti-government slogans as they marched in Manama Tuesday. Some protesters had slept in the capital’s Pearl Square, which has become a focal point in demonstrations. Anti-government activists have staged more than a week of protests, but Tuesday’s demonstration is believed to be the first one called for by the country’s opposition parties.

The protest took place in spite of King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa’s order for some political prisoners to be released, a move that gave a boost to opposition demands for democratic reforms.

Tensions rose after a hard-line Shiite leader called for the end of Bahrain’s monarchy.

A key hard-line Shiite leader called for an end to Bahrain’s monarchy on Monday and another made plans to fly back to the country on Tuesday, escalating tension and threatening to open fissures in the opposition as protests stretch into a second week.
In an interview at his home in Nuwaidrat, a village south of Manama, Abdulwahab Hussain said that he and the officially illegal Wafa movement that he founded would not accept any deal short of the king’s departure.

“The people are now asking the regime to step down,” he said. After the violence of the past week, “the regime doesn’t have the legitimacy to be ruling the people.”

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