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AFP: Bahrain Executes Three Shiites over Police Killings
2017-01-15
Bahrain on Sunday executed three men found guilty of killing three policemen, in a move likely to further raise tensions between the country's Shiite majority and its Sunni rulers.
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AP: First Executions in Bahrain since the 2011 Arab Spring-Inspired Uprising
2017-01-15
Bahraini authorities put to death three men found guilty of a deadly attack on police on Sunday, the kingdom's first executions since an Arab Spring-inspired uprising rocked the country in 2011.
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Reuters: Bahrain Executes Three Shi'ites Convicted of Killing Policemen
2017-01-15
Bahraini authorities on Sunday executed three Shi'ite Muslim men convicted of killing an Emirati police officer and two Bahraini policemen in a 2014 bomb attack, in a move likely to stoke protests in the restive Gulf island kingdom.
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Haq Movement Warns Bahraini Authorities of “Bloodshed” Amid Fears of Executing 3 Death Row Detainees
2017-01-15
The Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy warned the Bahraini authorities of “continuing the bloodshed”, in reference to the circulated news about the authorities’ intention to implement death sentences against 3 detainees accused of Al-Daih blast case.
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Policeman Injured in Shooting as Authorities Intend to Execute 3 Death Row Detainees
2017-01-15
A policeman was injured near Bani Jamra village on Saturday (January 14, 2017) as tensions mounted in Bahrain following news that the authorities would execute 3 dissidents.
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BHRS Appeals Bahrain's King not to Approve Death Sentences
2017-01-15
Bahrain Human Rights Society appealed Bahrain's king not to approve the deaths sentences issued against 3 dissidents, after fears that the authorities would execute them.
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AP: Bahraini Demonstrators Protest Pending Executions
2017-01-15
Witnesses say demonstrators have marched in Bahrain to protest the pending executions of three men found guilty of a deadly attack on police in 2014.
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Reuters: Bahrainis Protest over Fears for Three Convicts on Death Row
2017-01-15
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Bahraini capital Manama on Saturday over reports on social media that the authorities may be preparing to execute three Shi'ite men convicted of a deadly 2014 bomb attack.
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Abbas Al-Samea’s Mother Reports his Will: Regime is to Take Escalating Step, Our Rights Will be Only Achieved by Sacrifices
2017-01-15
Mother of death row convict Abbas Al-Samea reported his will that read “The regime is about to take an escalating and scary step. If Bahrainis want to achieve victory, dignity, rights and freedom, they have to stand against the oppressor, sacrifice their children and money and say the word of righteousness in the face of the tyrant regime.”
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Unscheduled Visit for Family of Death Row Detainee Sami Mushaima: He wasn’t Aware of our Visit
2017-01-14
Family of death row detainee Sami Mushaima said that it met their son on Saturday (January 14, 2017) in Jaw central prison, explaining that their son did not even know about the visit that was scheduled based on a call from the prison’s administration.
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Unscheduled Visit for Families of 3 Death Row Detainees at Jaw Prison
2017-01-14
Bahraini rights activist Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei said that security authorities in "Jaw" Central Prison phones this morning the families of 3 death row detainees and asked them to be present at the prison premises. The detainees were accused of a blast claimed that lives of an Emirati officer and two Pakistani policemen.
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Court of Cassation overturns Death Penalty & Life-Imprisonment Sentence against Suspects Accused of Killing Emirati Officer in Al-Daih
2016-10-17
Bahrain’s Court of Cassation overturned on Monday (October 17, 2016) a death penalty verdict against 3 defendants, life-imprisonment to 7 others and revoking nationality of 8 of them over killing Emirate officer and 2 other policemen in Al-Daih.