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94,000 Voters Deleted from Voters' Lists: Salam DHR
2022-11-10
Salam for Democracy and Human Rights said it had monitored the deletion of some 94,000 voters from the voters' lists, noting that Bahrain's legislative elections lack transparency.
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HRW on Political Isolation Laws: You Can't Call Bahrain A Democracy
2022-10-31
Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Monday (October 31, 2022) that the Bahraini government uses political isolation laws and a series of other tactics to keep activists and former opposition members away from public posts.
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BCHR: Application of Political Isolation Law on Bahraini Society for Human Rights Members Hinders HR Activists Work
2022-01-31
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights called on the Bahraini authorities to reverse the application of the political isolation law, especially on the members of Bahraini Society for Human Rights.
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BFHR: Rejecting Candidacy of 3 Members from Bahrain Human Rights Society Consolidates Isolation Plans
2022-01-31
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights criticized the exclusion of three candidates for the Bahrain Human Rights Society on the grounds that they belonged to the dissolved "Wa'ad" association.
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BFHR: Rejecting Candidacy of 3 from Bahrain Human Rights Society Underscores Isolation Projects
2022-01-31
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights criticized the exclusion of three candidates for the Bahrain Human Rights Society on the grounds that they belonged to the dissolved "Wa'ad" association.
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Labor Minister Appoints Temporary Director to Bilad Al-Qadeem Charity after Withdrawal of Accreditation of 6 elected members due to "Political Isolation"
2021-12-07
Labor Minister Jameel Hmaidan issued a decree appointing a temporary director to Bilad Al-Qadeem Charity (the charity of the ancient country, the Zanz and Azari) after the ministry rejected the accreditation of 6 of the elected members due to "Political Isolation Law".
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Labor Ministry Rejects 88% of Candidates for Saar Charity Fund elections due to Political Isolation Law, Allows Only Two Candidates
2021-12-02
The Ministry of Labor and Social Development rejected the candidacy of 14 out of 16 citizens for the Saar Charity Fund elections due to the political isolation law.
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MP Al-Hayiki Calls for Reviewing Law Banning Members of Dissolved Societies from Candidacy
2019-06-22
A member of the House of Representatives, Kulthum Al-Hayiki, called for conducting a review of the law, which deprives members of dissolved political societies (opposition) of running for parliamentary elections.
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2018 Roundup Editorial: Added Value of Years of Repression
2019-05-10
In the poorest of the Gulf kingdoms, all added values (not just tax) are collected by the government to partially offset its accumulating deficit. It does not pay the citizens the value of what they endure, but rather gives them no value at all.
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Britain Welcomes “Bahrain Elections”, Refrains from Saying any Substantive Remarks
2018-11-27
British Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt announced welcoming what he called “continuing progress and commitment to the democratic process in Bahrain”.
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Government Dropped over 1500 Citizens from Sitra Voters’ List
2018-11-07
Number of voters in the eighth directorate in the capital governorate (Sitra) dropped by 1571 voters compared to that in 2014. However, the number of voters is supposed to increase as youth have reached legal age to participate in elections and due to adding the new housing compound in Al-Nabih Saleh to the directorate.
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Appeal Court Refuses Candidacies of 4 MPs who Ironically Voted for Political Isolation Law
2018-11-01
The Bahrain Court of Appeal has rejected the nomination of four current members of Parliament: Nabil Al-Belushi, Jalal Kazem, Usama Al-Khaja and Ahmed Qaratah.