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Courts Roundup: 7 Activists Receive Death Sentence, 200 Citizens Sentenced to Life in Prison, including Sheikh Ali Salman
2020-01-05
2019 was one of the bloodiest years that the Bahraini people will never forget. The king has once again exercised his authority to execute two citizens for political reasons. 2019 also witnessed the execution of two Bahrainis in Saudi Arabia on charges of “smuggling narcotic pills”.
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2019 Roundup: Ashura Campaign Leads to 51 Summonings, Arrests of Eulogy Reciters & Preachers, 39 Attacks on Religious Manifestations
2020-01-04
Bahrain's Interior Minister acted in advance of the 2019 Ashura season by making threats during his meeting with the Jaafari Endowments chairman, members of the Husseini processions committee and a number of heads of obsequies on Sep. 3, 2019, saying that "political slogans will not be allowed to be raised in the Ashura season of 1441 Hijri."
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2019 Roundup: Ayatollah Qassim Present through his Statements and Sermons Abroad
2020-01-03
In July 2018, the Bahraini authorities allowed the spiritual leader of the Shia majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, to leave the country to receive treatment, thus Sheikh Isa traveled to the British capital, London.
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2019 Roundup: Prime Minister Visits Al-Ghuraifi, Royal Court Launches Disloyalty Accusations
2020-01-03
The country witnessed a whirlpool after Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman visited Ayatollah Sayed Al-Ghuraifi in his home on May 1st. Al-Ghuraifi hoped during the visit that there will be political determination to reform the current situation in Bahrain.
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2019 Roundup: Public Debt Hits Highest Level in Bahrain’s History
2019-12-31
Bahrain's public debt has set a new record surpassing the 13 billion dinar ceiling, despite a Gulf-backed structural plan which aims at achieving a balance between revenues and expenses.
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2019 Roundup: Happy Ending to Hakeem Al-Araibi's Nightmare
2019-12-31
2018 ended with former Bahrain national football team player Hakeem Al-Araibi still held in a Thai prison, awaiting a final decision from the judiciary regarding his extradition to Manama, despite the fact that he entered Thailand having refugee status in Australia.
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2019 Roundup: Two Martyrs by Execution, Third Killed by “Tear Gas”
2019-12-30
Bahrain Mirror (2019 Roundup): Three martyrs passed away in 2019, two of whom were killed by gunfire and the third died due to inhaling tear gas while taking part in a protest against the execution of two death sentences. The attorney-general announced in a statement on July 27, 2019 that the authorities executed two individuals, Ali Al-Arab (25 years old) and Ahmad Al-Malali (23 years old), after being convicted in an alleged charge of aiding detainees escape from Jaw Prison on January 1, 2017 and killing officer Hisham Al-Hammadi on January 29, 2017.