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Court of Appeals Adjourns Case of Sheikh Hassan Isa and Others until May 21
2017-04-10
Bahrain’s Appeals Court considered on Monday (April 10, 2017) the case of Al-Wefaq leader and fomer MP Sheikh Hassan Isa, who is sentenced to 10 years in prison along with others, and adjourned it until May 21.
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Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen Receives 3-Month Jail Term over Charge of Inciting Hatred against Regime
2017-04-06
Bahrain’s minor criminal court sentenced on Thursday, March 30, 2017, Imam of Al-Kheif mosque Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen (60 years) to 3 months in prison and 500 BD fine over inciting hatred against the regime.
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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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AFP: Bahrain Cuts Opposition Chief’s Jail Term
2017-04-03
Bahrain's top court on Monday reduced the jail sentence of Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, who has been in prison since 2014, a judicial source said.
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Court of Cassation Overturns Sheikh Ali Salman’s 9-Year Sentence, Upholds 4-Year Jail Term against Him
2017-04-03
The Bahraini court of cassation overturned on Monday (April 3, 2017) a verdict issued by appeals court sentencing the opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General to 9 years in prison.
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Appeals Court to Hold 1st Hearing in Al-Wefaq Official Sheikh Hassan Isa’s Case on April 10
2017-04-01
Defense panel of Sheikh Hassan Isa, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, filed an appeal challenging the verdict convicting Sheikh Hassan Isa and others of funding a terrorist group.
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AFP: Bahrain Sentences Two To Death For Police Bombing
2017-03-30
A Bahraini court sentenced two people to death on Wednesday over a deadly bomb attack on a police patrol in 2015, a judicial source said.
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AP: Bahrain Sentences 2 People to Death on Terror Charges
2017-03-30
A court in Bahrain on Wednesday sentenced two people to death on terror charges and handed down lengthy sentences to 11 others, including a former lawmaker who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to a statement from the public prosecutor.
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Reuters: Bahrain Sentences Two to Death over 2015 Bomb Attack that Killed Two Policemen
2017-03-30
A Bahraini court on Wednesday sentenced two citizens to death over a 2015 bomb attack that killed two police officers and wounded six others, the public prosecutor said.
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AP: Bahrain Sentences 3 to Death on Terror Charges
2017-03-24
A Bahrain court sentenced three people to death and 14 others to lengthy prison terms on charges they established a terrorist cell with the intent of killing policemen, al-Wasat, an independent Bahraini news website, reported Thursday.
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Reuters: Bahrain Sentences Three to Death for “Terrorism”, Bomb Attacks
2017-03-24
A Bahraini court sentenced three Shi'ite Muslim men to death on Thursday after they were convicted on charges of terrorism and involvement in 2014 bomb attacks that injured a number of police officers.
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Human Rights Commissioner Welcomes Bahrain Visit Invitation, Stresses it Won’t be “A Photo Opportunity”
2017-03-16
Bahrain's parliament has invited the U.N. human rights chief to visit and promised him unrestricted access to prisons and Shi'ite villages, local media said on Wednesday, following his criticism of the kingdom's record.
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AFP: Activists Held ahead of Cleric Verdict
2017-03-14
Bahraini police arrested several activists Monday, on the eve of the anticipated verdict in the trial of a leading Shiite cleric accused of sectarianism and money laundering, witnesses said.
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Court Postpones Issuing Verdict in Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Case to May 7
2017-03-14
Bahraini court decided to postpone issuing verdict in Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s case to May 7, 2017.
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Court Upholds 10&7-Year Jail Term against 2 Defendants over Assembling in Diraz
2017-03-13
Bahrain's Supreme Court upheld 7-year jail term against a suspect and 10-year jail term against another one over assembling in Diraz.
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Al-Daihi: Bahraini Regime Neglects All Regional Calls, Seems It’s Heading to Further Escalation
2017-03-13
Commenting on a question regarding leakages related to the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the State of Qatar, Deputy Secretary General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daih said that the Bahraini regime neglected all the calls and international and regional approaches in the case of prosecuting the Shiite presence.
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Zarif Met Emir of Qatar in Doha to Discuss Bahrain’s File and Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Case
2017-03-10
Spokesman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Sayyed Hossein Naqvi Hosseini, said that the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s visit to Qatar was to discuss the case of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and demands of Bahraini people.
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Photos: Sufferings of Diraz Residents Continue...Daily Heavy Traffics due to Months-Long Siege
2017-03-09
Daily sufferings of Diraz residents continue due to the siege imposed by the security authorities since June 2016.
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Shiite Cleric Transferred to Dry Dock Prison after Month of Detention in Criminal Investigation Building
2017-03-07
The security authorities transferred prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Saleh Al-Qashaami along with his son Abu Al-Fadel to Dry Dock prison after detaining them for about a month in the Criminal Investigation Building (the intelligence), according to Al-Qashaami’s daughter “Bentalhuda”.