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Bahrain Drops 2 Rankings in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index 2018
2018-04-26
Freedom of the Press Index 2018 showed a two-rank decline in press freedom in Bahrain, ranking the Gulf Kingdom at 166 this year.
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Cassation Military Court Upholds Death Penalty of 4 Bahrainis on charges of “Attempted Assassination of Marshal
2018-04-26
Cassation Military Court Upholds Death Penalty of 4 Bahrainis on charges of “Attempted Assassination of Marshal
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MPs Approve Law Allowing "Civilian Judges to Look into Family-Related Cases"
2018-04-26
Bahrain House of Representatives approved bill amending certain provisions of Court of Cassation Law, which aims to unify the grounds for contesting verdicts in both Sunni and Jaafari sects.
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Poor management of "Generations Fund" Prevented 1 Million Dinar Guaranteed Profits
2018-04-26
Bahraini House of Representatives approved bill aimed at modifying the structure of the Future Generations Reserve Fund Council in line with the functions carried out by the Council.
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Reports Say Families of Prisoners on Death Row Informed to Attend Military Court Tomorrow
2018-04-26
There are reports saying that the families of the Bahrainis sentenced to death were informed that one person from each family should attend the military court tomorrow.
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Saudi FM Says Qatar “Would Fall in Less than a Week” if US Withdraws Base
2018-04-26
The Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir said Qatar should pay for US military presence in Syria.
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Trudeau Raises 'Serious Concern' over Jailed Blogger in Call with Saudi king
2018-04-26
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his "serious concern" over the continued jailing of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi.
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Iran Offers Dialogue to End 'Hegemonic Illusions' at UN
2018-04-26
Iran told the United Nations it was time to move away from "hegemonic illusions" that have fueled devastating wars.
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Bahrain: Heads and Members of Dissolved Political Societies Banned from Running in Elections by Majority Parliament Vote
2018-04-25
Bahraini House of Representatives in its meeting on Tuesday approved a bill to prevent the members of political societies that have been dissolved to run in the parliamentary elections.
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Prosecution Rejects Abdulnabi Salman’s Testimony, Introduces New Charges against Sheikh Ali Salman
2018-04-25
Bahraini Public Prosecution rejected testimony of Abdulnabi Salman in Sheikh Ali Salman’s case, and used his testimony to introduce new charge against Sheikh Salman.
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Bahrain Resumes Importing Saudi Cement after Riyadh Stopped Fees on Imports
2018-04-25
Bahraini companies resumed importing cement from Saudi Arabia after the latter retracted imposing fees on exports.
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Cassation Court Adjourns Salman Isa's Death Penalty Case until May 7 for sentencing
2018-04-25
The cassation court adjourned the case of killing Pakistani police officer Mahmoud Fareed in East Eker to issue a verdict again in the case on May 7th session.
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Tenth Court Hearing of Sheikh Ali Salman's Trial Held on Charges of “Communicating with Qatar,” Case Adjourned until June
2018-04-25
The tenth court hearing of Sheikh Ali Salman’s case and two other defendants was held on Tuesday (April 2018), on charges of communicating with Qatar.
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Appeals Court Commutes Sentence against 8 Defendants Accused of Joining ISIS, Upholds Stripping them of Nationalities
2018-04-24
The High Appeals Criminal Court commuted on Tuesday (April 24, 2018) the 15-year jail term issued by first-instance court against 8 appellants out of 24 convicted on joining ISIS to 10 years.
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Bahrain Describes Information Mentioned in US State Department Report as “Flawed”
2018-04-24
Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry described the information mentioned in the US State Department report about human rights in Bahrain as “flawed”.
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House of Representatives Lifts Immunity of MP Khalid Al-Shaer
2018-04-24
The House of Representatives agreed in its session held on Tuesday (April 24, 2018) to lift the immunity of MP Khalid Al-Shaer based on a request submitted by Minister of Justice to lift Al-Saher’s immunity.
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Bahrain Arrests Shiite Eulogy Reciter for Expressing his Longing to Visit Karbala
2018-04-24
The Bahraini authorities arrested on Sunday (April 21, 2018) Haj Hassan Khamis Al-Nuami for 15 days pending investigation, over reciting a Shiite popular song.
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Bahrain Cooperates with South Korea to Implement Health Insurance Program
2018-04-24
President of the Supreme Council for Health Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa expressed his satisfaction regarding the cooperation level between Bahrain and South Korea Bahrain’s in implementing the national insurance health program.
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US State Department: Over 1000 Cases Related to “Social Media Outlets Usage” in Bahrain in 2017
2018-04-24
The US State Department report about human rights in the world said that the Bahraini government limited freedom of speech and press through active prosecution of individuals under national security laws that targeted journalists to limit speech in print and social media.
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Saudi-Led Air Strike Kills top Houthi Official in Yemen
2018-04-24
A Saudi-led coalition air strike last week killed the top civilian leader in the armed Houthi movement in Yemen, the group reported on Monday, the most senior official to be killed by the Western-backed alliance in the three-year-old war