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On The 24th of November, Bahrain will hold its second parliamentary elections since the anti-government protests in 2011. During the first parliamentary elections after the uprising between Sunni and Shia communities, the Shia opposition party al-Wefaq boycotted the elections and its leader Ali Salman was arrested.<\/span><\/p>\n

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