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Protests Staged across Bahrain on 11th Anniversary of Feb. 14 Uprising
2022-02-15
Hundreds of Bahrainis staged various protests in a number of Bahraini areas marking the 11th anniversary of the February 14 uprising.
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For Second Day in Row: Protests and Clashes in Bahrain Rejecting Normalization with Israel
2021-10-04
Despite fear and intimidation that the Bahraini authorities have worked hard to bolster in the past years in the country, the streets of Bahrain were full of angry protests on Friday, October 1, 2021, denouncing the visit of the Israeli Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, to Manama.
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Court Sentences Defendant to 5 Years in Prison over Charge of Burning Car in Sitra
2020-07-25
The High Court of Appeal in Bahrain upheld a 5-year prison sentence issued against a defendant charged with participating with others in burning an old vehicle on the highway in Sitra.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Prison Term against Defendant Accused of Assembling in Sitra
2019-10-01
The First High Criminal Appeals Court upheld 3-year jail term against a defendant in assembly case in Sitra.
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Sitra Society Gathers 10 Tons of Used Materials to Recycle
2019-07-25
Sitra Society gathered 10 tons of used clothes, iron and paper in Wadiyan village, one of Sitra's six villages, by contacting with a cleaning company and participation of 10 members of the society last Friday.
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Court Upholds 3&10-Year Jail Term against 5 Suspects Accused of Detonating Gas Cylinder Near National Bank of Bahrain
2019-03-12
The High Appeals Criminal Court upheld 3 and 10-year jail term against 5 suspects accused, along with a sixth suspect, of blasting a gas cylinder in front of National Bank of Bahrain in Sitra in January 2017. All the suspects, expect the fifth, appealed the verdict.
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Court Upholds Two-Year Prison Sentence against Defendant over Sitra Assembly
2019-02-16
The first High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain upheld a two-year prison sentence against a defendant accused of assembling near a police station.
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4 Suspects Accused of Blasting Gas Cylinder in Sitra Receive 3-Year Jail Verdict
2018-12-04
The High Appeals Court commuted the sentences of 3 suspects from 5 to 3 years in jail and upheld a 3-year jail term against the fourth suspect over case of blasting gas cylinder in Sitra.
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Appeals Court: One-Year Jail Term Handed down to Suspect Accused of Hiding Fugitive Wanted in Politically-Motivated Case
2018-11-09
The High Criminal Appeals Court communed a 3-year jail term issued again a suspect convicted of hiding fugitive wanted in politically-motivated case to 1-year jail term only.
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Government Dropped over 1500 Citizens from Sitra Voters’ List
2018-11-07
Number of voters in the eighth directorate in the capital governorate (Sitra) dropped by 1571 voters compared to that in 2014. However, the number of voters is supposed to increase as youth have reached legal age to participate in elections and due to adding the new housing compound in Al-Nabih Saleh to the directorate.
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Appeals Court Upholds Death Penalty against 2, Life Term Sentences against 5 over Sitra Blast Case
2018-11-02
The First High Appeals Court upheld on Monday (October 29, 2018) verdicts issued by the first-instance court sentencing each of Mohammad Ibrahim Al Touk and Mohammad Radi Abdullah to death penalty and revoking their nationalities. It also upheld life term jail against each of Salah Saeed, Ibrahim Jaafar Hasan, Ali Abdulakrim Marzouq, Laith Khalil Al Touk, Ali Ahmad Ali, revoked citizenships of 4 of them and issued 10-year jail term against Sayed Mortada Al-Sanadi and Kassim Abdullah Ali and revoked their citizenships as well.
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Internet Disruption, Power Outage in Parts of Bahrain due to Heavy Rain, Local Newspaper
2018-10-22
Heavy rains in Bahrain have led to power cuts and internet disruptions in some areas, local Al-Bilad newspaper reported.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Prison Sentence over Assembly in Sitra
2018-10-10
The first High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain upheld three years' imprisonment for a defendant charged with assembling and and having possession of Molotov cocktails in Sitra.
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3-Year Jail Term to Suspect Accused of Hiding Wanted Suspects over Political Case
2018-10-09
Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court sentenced two citizens (33 and 26 years old) to 3 years in jail. It convicted the first one of hiding and harboring the second suspect for about 2 years, noting that the second suspect is wanted over political case and is sentenced to 14 years in prison over two cases.
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Bahrain Steps up Arrests as Legislative Elections Near
2018-10-03
Bahraini authorities arrested at least 20 people, on Monday (October 1, 2018), after a raid launched in the early hours of the morning on a number of predominantly opposition areas.
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5-Year Jail Term Handed down to Suspects Accused of Burning Old Car in Sitra
2018-07-12
The First High Criminal Court sentenced 5 suspects, 4 of whom are wanted, for 5 years after convicting them of burning old car in Sitra.
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Court Issues 5&3-Year Jail Term against 4 Suspects over Case of Blasting Gas Cylinder in Sitra
2018-04-17
The Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 5-year jail term to 3 Bahrainis and 3-year jail term to a fourth one, after accusing them of attempting to cause a blast in Sitra using a gas cylinder.
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Court Rejects Appeal, Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentence in Sitra Bombing Case
2018-01-20
Bahraini High Criminal Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of a Bahraini convicted among nine others of planting and detonating a bomb near Sitra Post.
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Protest in Sitra Commemorating Eid Martyr Ali Al-Shaikh
2017-06-28
Dozens of people took to the streets in Sitra on the dawn of Monday (June 26, 2017) commemorating the anniversary of the Eid martyr, Ali Al-Shaikh, who was killed by the authorities in 2011.
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Court Hands down 3-Year Jail Term to 3 Defendants over Blasting Gas Cylinder in Sitra
2017-06-22
The Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 3-year jail term to 3 defendants accused of blasting gas cylinder in Sitra.