Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that cassation and appeals courts upheld 10 death sentences last February, stressing that it documented 1105 serious human rights violations.

The forum said that it documented 83 cases of arbitrary arrests, 31 cases of forced disappearances. It further stated that 97 citizens received arbitrary sentences, including 10 death sentences that are between the stages of appeal and cassation. 16 cases of torture and ill-treatment, 374 media materials that incite hate speech, 76 unlawful raids on houses and residential facilities and 51 crackdowns on peaceful gatherings were recorded as well.

BFHR stated that "The number of arbitrary arrests since the beginning of the year has reached 204," adding that "Since 2012, the nationalities of 580 citizens have been revoked for political reasons. Moreover, since the beginning of the year, there have been 214 illegal raids on homes and residential facilities. The total number of human rights violations that occurred in January and February amount to 2100."

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