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Opposition Activists Confirm Option of Boycotting Elections
2022-07-17
Opposition activists have emphasized their adherence to the option of boycotting elections until a real reform process is made, through which the opposition can be involved in decision-making.
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Ayatollah Qassim Asks Everyone to Stand against Sham Elections
2022-07-14
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim demanded that everyone should stand in the face of the upcoming elections which he dubbed a sham, describing them as false.
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Can We Bet on Loyalists to Take Stance in Upcoming Elections?
2022-06-18
The 2018 parliament has come to an end and become a thing of the past. The former Council only reaped popular discontent, as it approved the taxes the government wanted, agreed to deduct massive amounts from the Future Generations Reserve Fund, and voted in its last chapter on an unfair retirement law.
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2018: Election Bash, Political Isolation and Pseudo Female Presence
2019-01-29
Parliamentary elections were held in Bahrain on November 24, 2018, the third since 2011 when mostly Shi'ite protesters took to the streets demanding democracy. The 2018 Executive Elections Committee said the total number of voters was over 365,000.
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MP Ali Al-Asheeri Arrested after Summons for Community Service in Place of Prison Term
2019-01-23
The Bahraini authorities arrested on Sunday (January 20, 2019) former MP Ali Al-Asheeri as he was checking with a police station.
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Al-Wefaq Society Deputy S-G: Second Round of Elections Set Up its Failure & Revealed Magnitude of Political Crisis
2018-12-03
The deputy secretary general of Al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, commented on the second round of parliamentary and municipal elections, tweeting that “the second round of elections laid the foundation for failure and weakness in the so-called elections ‘play’ in Bahrain.”
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Final Results of Parliamentary and Municipal Elections in Bahrain
2018-12-02
The Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, announced the final results of the second round held on December 1.
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Al-Wefaq Calls for Boycotting Second Round of Elections
2018-12-01
The National Islamic Al-Wefaq Society called on the people of Bahrain to boycott the second round of elections due to the massive implications of the illegitimacy of what would be the outcome of this “play” as described by Al-Wefaq.
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Bahrain Opens Door for New Round of Elections by Executing Dissidents
2018-12-01
The ruling family in Bahrain has decided, mid-way into the election process, to remind Bahrainis of its intensified harsh campaign launched against human rights, telling them that there is no place for these rights.
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Former Al-Wefaq MP Ali Al-Ashiri Released
2018-11-30
The security authorities in Bahrain released the former Al-Wefaq bloc MP, Ali Al-Ashiri.
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Bahrain to Hold Run-off Vote for parliament on December 1
2018-11-27
Bahrain will hold a second round of voting for 31 of 40 seats in parliament next week, the government said on Sunday, in an election from which opposition groups have been barred.
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Al-Wefaq Announces Failure of Elections: 30% Turnout at Most, Int’l Community Should Respect Bahraini People’s Will
2018-11-25
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society declared in a press conference held by the Society's Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, on Saturday (November 24, 2018), that the parliamentary and municipal elections in Bahrain have failed miserably.
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Bahrain Accuses Iran of Sending 40,000 Emails to Negatively Affect Elections
2018-11-25
Bahrain accused the Republic of Iran of standing behind 40,000 emails aimed at negatively impacting the elections held yesterday in the island kingdom.
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Amnesty "Concerned" over Bahrain Opposition Crackdown- AFP
2018-11-24
Amnesty International said Friday it was "gravely concerned" by Bahrain's suppression of political opposition, a day ahead of the parliamentary election.
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AFP: Bahrain Heads to Polls amid Boycott Calls
2018-11-24
Bahrainis headed to the polls Saturday amid calls to boycott the parliamentary election in which dissolved opposition groups have been banned from taking part.
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Bahrain Votes for New Parliament but Opposition is Absent- AP
2018-11-24
Polls opened in Bahrain on Saturday to elect a new parliament, but absent from the ballot is the country's Shiite-dominated opposition, whose most prominent figures are serving lengthy prison sentences.
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Bahrain Holds Elections with Ban on Opposition Groups (Reuters)
2018-11-24
Bahrainis vote on Saturday in a parliamentary election from which opposition groups have been barred, in a crackdown on dissent in the small Sunni-led, Western-allied kingdom.
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Editorial: A Message to Every Bahraini on Eve of the 2018 Elections
2018-11-24
A citizen may not have the ability to change a corrupt reality in his country, but he has the ability to reject. Change begins by refusing to surrender to what you are going through: the refusal to continue in a bad to an even worse situation.
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Al-Daihi Renews Calls for Boycotting Elections: Participation Means Yes to More Taxes & Financial Burdens
2018-11-24
Bahrain's Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi renewed the call to boycott the elections, stressing that all Bahrainis agree that the upcoming councils "will only bring more pressure and deprivation."
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Amid Wide Boycott, Free Transportation Service for Voters
2018-11-23
The governmental committee supervising elections had to provide free transportation service for those who would like to head to voting centers to vote amid wide elections boycott.