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AFP: Bahrain Jails Leading Shiite Opposition Figure
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court on Wednesday jailed a member of the main opposition Al-Wefaq bloc for two years for "inciting non-compliance with the law", the Shiite grouping and authorities said.
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AP: Bahrain Sentences Shiite Opposition Figure to 2 Years
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror (AP): A criminal court in Bahrain has sentenced a member of the Gulf Arab country's largest Shiite opposition group to two years in prison on charges related to his political activism.
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Reuters: Bahrain Opposition Figure Jailed on Incitement Charges
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A Bahraini criminal court sentenced senior opposition figure Majeed Milad to two years in prison for incitement to public disobedience of the law, state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.
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Three to Ten years Prison Terms Handed Down to 8 Suspects
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror: Advocate General and Chief of Bahrain’s Terror Crime Prosecution Ahmed Al-Hammadi said that the fourth high criminal court issued a verdict against 8 suspects on Tuesday (November 10, 2015).
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UK Queen's Inspectorate of Prisons Holds Workshop in Bahrain
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission (PDRC) hosted on 9th and 10th of November a specialized training workshop during which experts from the Queen's Inspectorate of Prisons in the United Kingdom delivered lectures.
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Civil Service Bureau: Case of 1912 Unemployed Graduates Completely Closed
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror: The Civil Service Bureau said that the file of unemployed graduates (known as the list of 1912) has been “completely closed”.
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Bahraini Government Freezes Bonuses of Governmental Companies Boards Members
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini government decided on Monday (November 9, 2015) to freeze bonuses given to heads and members of governmental boards and commissions, governmental companies.
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Bahraini FM: We Harbor No Hatred towards Iran & Don’t Refuse Any Serious Dialogue
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said that Gulf States harbor no hatred towards Iran, stressing that he does not refuse to hold any serious dialogue that would lead to breakthrough in relations.
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Con Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Taking 37,000 BD from Foreigner by Deceiving him into Thinking He’d Get a Bahraini Citizenship
2015-11-12
Bahrain Mirror: The First minor criminal court, presided over by Rashid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa and Mohammed Maki as secretariat, sentenced a con man, who took 37,000 BD from a foreigner, to 3 years in prison.
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Reuters: Bahraini Prosecutor Says Eight Men Jailed Up to 10 Years for Terrorism
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A Bahraini prosecutor said on Tuesday that eight Bahraini men had been sentenced to between three and ten years in jail for terrorism, according to state news agency BNA.
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Jaffaria Endowments Administration Breaks Into Mosque in Jid Ali & Police Summons Mosque’s Imam
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: Active Twitter and Facebook accounts circulated news stating that officials in Isa Town police station have summoned Sheikh Ali Salim, the Imam of the Al-Arbash Mosque, which the police broke into and changed the locks.
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Saudi Newspaper: Bahrain Leans Towards Severing Ties with Iran
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: The Saudi “Al-Hayat” newspaper reported from what it described as well-informed sources their expectations that “the ties between Bahrain and Iran is leaning towards being severed.”
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Health Ministry’s Ambulances to be Reduced from 22 to 7
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: he Al-Bilad newspaper owned by Ali bin Khalifa, the Prime Minister’s son, reported from Health Ministry sources that the number of ambulances at the Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex will be reduced to 7 to meet the needs of all Bahraini areas.
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Two Bahrainis Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison & Stripped of their Nationalities over Charges of Training with “Popular Mobilization Forces”
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court sentenced on Monday (November 9, 2015) two Bahraini citizens to 10 years in prison and revoked their citizenships. The court accused them of training with the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces.
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BCHR: 49 Arrests within Last Week of October
2015-11-11
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that the Bahraini authorities arrested 49 citizens within the last week of October 2015.
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AFP: Bahrain Jails 2 Shiites Over Iraq Explosives Training
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court revoked two Shiites' citizenship Monday and jailed them for 10 years each for training in Iraq to carry out bombings in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, a judicial source said.
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Security Campaign led by Bahrain’s MoI Continues After a Week…5 Arrests at Dawn
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s security forces continued their campaign against activists through widespread arbitrary arrests launched on Tuesday (November 3, 2015) morning leading to the arrest of dozens of citizens in different villages across Bahrain.
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Sitra Police Station Head Asks Obsequies Administrators Not to Speak Politics
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror: The head of Sitra Police Station affiliated to the Capital Governorate Police Directorate, Colonel Khalid Al-Khathla, said that the ministry of interior is communicating through the security centers in the regions with respect to reviving the Hussaini rituals in Muharram.
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Bahraini Court Acquits Policeman who Shot Protestor Dead
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court acquitted on Sunday (November 8, 2015) a policeman who deliberately fired arms against a protestor who was holding a photo for the opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, in protest on Salman’s arrest.
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Bahrain’s Coast Guard Commander Denies Entry of “Smuggled” Items from Iran Through Al-Hidd
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror: Coast Guard Commander, Brigadier Alaa Siyadi highlighted that the coast guard vessels monitor all Bahrain’s coastlines, including East of Al-Hidd.