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Secretary-General of Wa'ad Society Released after Interrogation
2016-04-01
The local Bahraini opposition group, the Democratic National Action Society (Wa'ad), said that the Bahraini authorities concluded its interrogation with its secretary-general Radhi Al-Musawi and released him on Thursday (March 31, 2016).
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Reuters: Bahrain Punishes Opponents By Revoking Their Citizenship
2016-04-01
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): The decision to revoke Taimoor Karimi's Bahraini citizenship was read out on state media late one night while he was fast asleep at his home in the capital Manama. His children woke him up to break the news.
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Bahraini Stripped of Nationality Jahromi Gives Statement at "Rights Under Restrictions" Conference
2016-03-31
During the "Rights Under Restrictions" conference, Bahraini academic Dr. Masoud Jahromi recounted his experience as a Bahraini citizen who has been stripped of his nationality and forced to leave the country.
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WCADP in "Rights Under Restrictions": Situation in Bahrain Is Very Worrying...We Expect Number of People on Death Row to Increase
2016-03-31
The Director of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty-France (WCADP), O'Reilly Plessis, said that "although there hasn't been many executions in the past few years, we expect the number of people to grow in the coming years."
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FIDH Takes Part in "Rights Under Restrictions" Conference: Bahrain Manipulates Judiciary to Crack down on Those who Practice their Rights
2016-03-31
Antoine Madelin of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said that investigations revealed that the authorities in Bahrain still deprive the majority of Bahrainis of their rights and use government bodies to crush Bahrainis instead of protecting them, which spreads fear and panic among citizens.
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UN OHCHR in "Rights Under Restrictions" Conference: Deporting Bahrainis after Revoking their Citizenships Raises Concern
2016-03-31
The representative of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Darwazeh, highlighted that what raises the most concern are the decisions issued deporting Bahraini citizens after stripping them of their political and civil rights.
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Yusuf Rabi' Opens "Rights Under Restrictions" Conference: Bahrain's Judiciary Is a Tool Used by Authorities
2016-03-31
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) opened its fifth international conference on Tuesday (April 29, 2016), entitled "Bahrain: Rights Under Restrictions-Freedom of Expression Peaceful Assembly and Right of Citizenship" at the Coral Beach Hotel in the Lebanese Capital, Beirut.
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Bahraini Interior Ministry: Measures to be Taken across Bahrain to Secure F1 Race
2016-03-30
The head of Bahrain's Public Security Tareq Al-Hassan said that security forces have completed security preparations for securing the Formula 1 race, noting that the measures will not be limited to the perimeter of the race track in the Sakhir area only, but to all areas across Bahrain.
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Five Bahrainis Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison over Assembly in Sanabes
2016-03-30
The Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a sentence of first instance, handing down a 5-year prison term to five defendants, over charges of assembling and starting fire in the Sanabes area.
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Court Hands Down Terms Ranging between 3 Years & Life Imprisonment to 10 Bahrainis over Al-Ekr Blast
2016-03-30
Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court convicted 10 defendants of detonating a bomb in Al-Ekr area, manufacturing, acquiring and using explosives, manufacturing and acquiring arms and ammunition and resisting police arrest, sentencing two to 30 years in prison, two others to life imprisonment, four others to 15 years and another two to 3.
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AFP: Bahrain Court Jails 10 Over Police Attack
2016-03-30
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain on Tuesday sentenced 10 people to between three years and life in prison for attacking police during a protest in a Shiite village, the prosecution said.
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Sheikh Hassan Isa’s Case Adjourned until April 24
2016-03-30
The Fourth High Criminal Court decided to re-summon witnesses in the trial of the Al-Wefaq senior member Sheikh Hassan Isa, over the case of “funding a terrorist group,” in an adjourned hearing to be held on April 24, 2016.
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Appeals Court Upholds 2-Year Prison Sentence Handed down to Sheikh Abdul Zahraa Al-Mubasher over "Inciting Hatred against the Regime"
2016-03-30
The Third High Criminal Court upheld the verdict issued against a Shiite cleric, Sheikh Abdul Zahraa Al-Mubasher, sentencing him to two years in prison over charges of inciting hatred against the regime and insulting a figure (Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan) venerated by a certain sect.
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Appeals Court: 7 & 5-Year Prison Terms Handed down to 4 Defendants over Burning MP's cars
2016-03-30
A Bahraini supreme appeals court commuted the sentences issued against 2 appellants from 10 to 4 years in prison and 2 others from 10 to 5 years in prison over charges of setting fire to two vehicles, owned by MP Majeed Al-Asfoor.
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Bahraini Authorities Summon Poet over Reciting Poem in Solidarity with Ebrahim Sharif
2016-03-30
The Bahraini authorities summoned the Bahraini poet Ahmad Al-Ajami for interrogation at the Nabih Saleh Police Station, over reciting a poem on February 24 at the National Democratic Society (Wa'ad) headquarters.
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VIDEO: Bahraini “Al-Fadala” Incites Violence from Kuwait: Attack Critics of “Decisive Storm”
2016-03-29
Member of Al-Menbar Islamic Society (Muslim Brotherhood) Nasser Al-Fadala called for using violence against critics of Saudi war on Yemen.
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Five Bahrainis Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison over Burning Tires in Saar
2016-03-28
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced five defendants to 3 years in prison over charges of setting 6 tires ablaze in the village of Saar.
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Labour and Social Development Ministry: Fundraising Is Illegal without Ministry's Approval
2016-03-28
The Bahraini Ministry of Labour and Social Development stressed that all civil society organizations are obliged to attain a license before raising funds and accepting donations.
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Al-Mesh'al Released after Being Accused of Promoting Hatred against the Bahraini Regime
2016-03-28
The head of the Religious Freedoms Department at the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory, Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, said that the Bahraini authorities released the prominent Shiite cleric and president of the (dissolved) Islamic Scholars Council, Sayed Majeed Al-Mesh'al, after interrogation.
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PHOTOS: Bahrain International Book Exhibition Allows Book that "Declares Shia as Infidels & Calls for Killing them"
2016-03-28
Bahraini citizens complained that the authorities in Bahrain allowed a book, which declares the followers of the Shia sect as infidels, to be sold. They circulated photos of the book on social media, noting that the book was published by a Bahraini publishing house "Bahrain House for Studies and Research".