Majeed Milad, left, and Sayed Hadi al-Musawi, right, of the Bahraini Shiite opposition group Al Wefaq, speak at a press conference about a police raid of Al Wefaq Society’s exhibition on Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Manama, Bahrain. Police closed down the show on Wednesday, confiscating all of the items on display. A senior official in Bahrain’s main opposition group said it plans to file a complaint with the United Nations over the police raid on the exhibition chronicling the Arab Spring-inspired uprising in the Gulf nation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Sayed Hadi al-Musawi, head of the human rights committee of the Bahraini Shiite opposition group Al Wefaq, center, photographs damage to an exhibition on the pro-democracy uprising Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Manama, Bahrain. Police raided the show on Wednesday and confiscated all of the items on display. A senior official in Bahrain’s main opposition group said it plans to file a complaint with the United Nations over the police raid on the exhibition chronicling the Arab Spring-inspired uprising in the Gulf nation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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In this picture taken Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, a Bahraini man stands handcuffed and blindfolded under mock arrest, while visiting an interactive museum-style exhibition opened by an opposition group in Manama, Bahrain. Riot police in Bahrain stormed the exhibition on Wednesday, Oct. 30, that is dedicated to the Arab Spring-inspired uprising in the violence-wracked Gulf nation where crackdowns have strained ties between the ruling dynasty and their allies in Washington and elsewhere in the West. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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In this picture taken Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, a Bahraini man sits handcuffed in a mock torture room allegedly similar to what prisoners faced in prisons, while visiting an interactive museum-style exhibition opened by an opposition group in Manama, Bahrain. Riot police in Bahrain stormed the exhibition on Wednesday, Oct. 30, that is dedicated to the Arab Spring-inspired uprising in the violence-wracked Gulf nation where crackdowns have strained ties between the ruling dynasty and their allies in Washington and elsewhere in the West. Pictures of Bahraini leaders seen on the wall, are left to right, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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In this picture taken Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, a Bahraini gestures as he walks through a mimic scene of police firing tear gas in a narrow street, while visiting an interactive museum-style exhibition opened by an opposition group in Manama, Bahrain. Riot police in Bahrain stormed the exhibition on Wednesday, Oct. 30, that is dedicated to the Arab Spring-inspired uprising in the violence-wracked Gulf nation where crackdowns have strained ties between the ruling dynasty and their allies in Washington and elsewhere in the West. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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In this picture taken Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, an unidentified Bahraini boy walks through an interactive museum-style exhibition opened by an opposition group in Manama, Bahrain. Riot police in Bahrain stormed the exhibition on Wednesday, Oct. 30, that is dedicated to the Arab Spring-inspired uprising in the violence-wracked Gulf nation where crackdowns have strained ties between the ruling dynasty and their allies in Washington and elsewhere in the West. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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In this picture taken Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, an unidentified Bahraini girl stands near paint spattered to represent blood at an interactive museum-style exhibition opened by an opposition group in Manama, Bahrain. Riot police in Bahrain stormed the exhibition on Wednesday, Oct. 30, that is dedicated to the Arab Spring-inspired uprising in the violence-wracked Gulf nation where crackdowns have strained ties between the ruling dynasty and their allies in Washington and elsewhere in the West. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain’s main opposition group says its leader has been called to the state prosecutor’s office over an exhibition that showed alleged abuses against anti-government protesters in the Gulf nation.
It’s unclear whether Ali Salman, the head of the Shiite bloc Al Wefaq, could face arrest on Sunday. Such a move could boost tensions sharply and open wider clashes between Shiite-led protesters and Bahrain’s Western-backed Sunni rulers.
Riot police last week raided the museum-style hall opened by Al Wefaq that included depictions of alleged torture and heavy-handed tactics against protesters during 32 months of unrest. Authorities said the displays incited “hatred.”
Al Wefaq said Saturday that Salman was ordered to the prosecutor’s office, but gave no other details.
Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.
