Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Interior Ministry said that it arrested a lawyer for posting contents on social media outlets that, according to it, amounted to inciting hatred against the Bahraini regime and for other violations punishable under the law.

The Director-General of Anti-corruption and Economic & Electronic Security said in a statement that the comments damaged the social fabric and national unity.

The ministry indicated implicitly that the comments mentioned by the lawyer are related to the crisis with Qatar and reminded of the statement it published few days earlies that incriminates any show of sympathy or favoritism for the Qatar government or objection to Bahrain's actions on the social media in the form of tweets, posts or any spoken or written word and considers it crime punishable under the law.

The name of the detained lawyer was not disclosed and the content of the comments he posted was not known as well. However, predictions say that the lawyer is Isa Bou Rashid who, according to Qatari newspapers, has filed lawsuit against the Bahraini cabinet due to the government's latest measures against Qatar.

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