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Salam: Authorities Revoked more than 410 Citizenships, 15 of Shiite Clerics
2017-04-05
Salam Organization for Democracy and Human Rights said that the authorities had revoked the citizenships of 410 Bahrainis, for political reasons, noting that among them 15 are Shiite religious clerics.
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Northern Municipality Staff Deprived of Salaries for Over 6 Months
2017-04-05
6 months passed on the employees of the Northern governorate municipality, without them taking their salaries from the Ministry of Works, Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning.
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Bahrain Arrests Businessman for Charges of Illegal Assembly outside Chamber of Commerce
2017-04-05
Bahraini businessman Nader Allawi, said that the Bahraini police arrested him with another businessman, Kareem Fleij, for charges of illegal assembly outside the headquarters of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the area of Sanabis.
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Bahraini Rights Organization Say Military Judiciary Permits Execution in 33 Cases
2017-04-05
Bahraini human rights organizations issued a joint statement saying that the latest constitutional amendment concerning the military judiciary’s authorities, which the King ratified, shall lead to the failure of the military institution.
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Father of Martyr Sayed Hashem Arrested to Serve 2-Month Jail Term
2017-04-05
The Bahraini authorities arrested on Tuesday (April 4, 2017) Sayed Saeed Isa (father of martyr Sayed Hashem) after summoning him to the criminal investigation department to execute a legal judgment.
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Saudi Arabia Increases Fighter Pilots' Pay by Up to 60 Percent
2017-04-05
The Saudi cabinet announced a pay increase of up to 60 percent for air force pilots on Monday, state news agency SPA reported, as a military campaign led by the kingdom in neighboring Yemen entered its third year.
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U.S. Top Court to Weigh Jordan-Based Bank's Liability for Militant Attacks
2017-04-05
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider reviving litigation seeking to hold Arab Bank Plc financially liable for militant attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories that accused the Jordan-based bank of being the "paymaster" to militant groups.
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Armed Man Wearing Bahraini Military Uniform Robs Money Exchange Company in East Riffa
2017-04-05
he Ministry of Interior said on its Twitter account on Tuesday (April 4, 2017) that “Southern police investigate a case of robbery of money exchange company in East Riffa”.
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Bahrain Buys US Silence: $8 Billion Deals in Just 2 Weeks!
2017-04-05
Bahrain continues to pay the Republican Trump administration. It is trying its best to veer Washington away from the island kingdom’s internal crisis, which has been under criticism by the Democratic administration led by former president Barack Obama.
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Court Sentences Defendant to Two Years in Prison over Beating Policeman & Insulting Another in Dry Dock Prison
2017-04-05
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Ibrahim Al-Zayed with the membership of judges Mohsen Mabrouk and Moataz Abu Al-Ezz and Yousif Bu Hardan as a secretariat sentenced a suspect to 2 years in prison over beating a policeman and insulting another.
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NPRA Refuses to Issue Passport for Bahraini Child
2017-04-04
The Al-Wasat Newspaper said that the Nationality, Passport and Residence Affairs (NPRA) refused to issue a passport for an 8-month baby because his father couldn’t attend in person to finish the application for he is abroad.
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Baby Sayed Ali Enters his Second Year without Citizenship
2017-04-04
Baby Sayed Ali Al-Sayed Qassim Majeed has finished one year and three months without having an ID or citizenship.
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One-Year Jail Term Handed down to Life-Term Convict over Beating and Insulting Policeman
2017-04-04
Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court issued one-year jail term against a defendant (27 years) over beating policeman, damaging his uniform by cutting one of his buttons and insulting him.
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AFP: Bahrain Approves Law for Military Trial of Civilians
2017-04-04
Bahrain's king on Monday approved a constitutional amendment granting military courts the right to try civilians, raising concerns among rights groups for activists in the Gulf kingdom.
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Ministry of Education Says It will not Impose Educational Fees on Non-Bahraini Students in Governmental Schools
2017-04-04
Ministry of Education said it will not impose any educational fees on non-Bahraini students in governmental schools, in line with the Kingdom's policy to provide education for citizens and residents.
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Video: Armored Vehicle Affiliated to MoI Fires Tear Gas Canisters at Diraz Elementary School, Students Suffocate
2017-04-04
Activists on social media said that some students in Diraz Elementary School for Boys suffocated on Tuesday (April 4, 2017) due to inhaling tear gas fired by armored vehicle affiliated to the Ministry of Interior.
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Reuters: Bahrain's High Court Reduces Sentence of Top Opposition Leader
2017-04-04
Bahrain's highest court on Monday overturned a nine-year-prison sentence imposed last year on the leader of Bahrain's banned main opposition party and restored his original sentence of four years in jail, local media and lawyers said.
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New York Times: Rex Tillerson to Lift Human Rights Conditions on Arms Sale to Bahrain
2017-04-04
The US-based New York Times reported that Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has decided to lift all human rights conditions on a major sale of F-16 fighter jets and other arms to Bahrain in an effort to end a rift between the United States and a critical Middle East ally.
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Bahrain, Tunisia to Set Up Bilateral Security Committee
2017-04-04
Bahrain and Tunisia agreed on setting up a bilateral security committee that will draw up action programs to follow up the security agreement between the two countries.
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Opposition Leader Undermines Court Decision to Reduce his Prison Sentence
2017-04-04
Commenting on the Court of Cassation’s decision to reduce his prison sentence from 9 years to 4 years, the Secretary General of al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, undermined this step.