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Al-Wefaq Confirms Naturalization Costs State Budget Over 20%
2016-02-10
Bahrain Mirror: The Al-Wefaq team following up the naturalization issue in Bahrain confirmed that the political naturalization process is costing the Bahraini government over 20% of its general budge.
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Appeals Court: Al-Wefaq Senior Member Majeed Milad's Trial Adjourned until Feb. 16
2016-02-04
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Second High Criminal Appeals Court decided to adjourn the case of the Capital Municipality former president and member of Al-Wefaq secretariat Majeed Milad until February 16, 2016.
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Bahrain's Al-Wefaq Condemn Terrorist Bombing in Sayeda Zeinab Area in Damascus
2016-02-02
Bahrain Mirror: The main opposition group in Bahrain Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society denounced the "terrorist act and brutal crime committed by terrorists in the Sayeda Zeinab area in the Syrian capital Damascus, leaving dozens killed and injured."
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Al-Wefaq Rejects Referring Opposition Leader for Investigation..Insists It’s a Trial of Conscience Freedom
2016-01-26
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society voiced its opposition to referring its Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman, a prisoner of conscience, by the authorities to Bahrain’s Public Prosecution to be interrogated again on Sunday (January 24, 2016).
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AFP: Bahrain Questions Opposition Chief Over Tweets
2016-01-25
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's prosecutor said Sunday he would not press new charges against Sheikh Ali Salman, the jailed leader of the main Shiite opposition bloc, in connection with messages posted on Twitter.
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Al-Wefaq: Majeed Milad’s Place Is Outside Prison..Detainees Await Educational Opportunities
2016-01-21
Summary: Bahrain’s main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the achievement of its senior member, Majeed Milad, in attaining a Master’s degree with distinction emphasizes that he is a model the nation is proud of, and that his normal place is not in prison.
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Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary-General: We Were Told for Years Our Economy Is Strong Yet Everything Was Revealed Suddenly
2016-01-19
The Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said: “We heard for years that our economy is strong and it would not be affected, suddenly the citizens discovered that they were deceived and should pay the price of this failure.”
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Opposition Leader Urges King to Launch Initiative to Achieve Democracy..Court to Issue Verdict on March 30
2016-01-16
Bahrain's First High Court of Appeals held its fifth hearing of the Bahraini detained opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman's trial on January 14, 2016 and is to issue its verdict on March 30.
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Al-Wefaq Secretariat Calls for Respecting Shiite Peculiarities and Rejects Increase of Gasoline Prices
2016-01-15
The General Secretariat of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society demanded on (January 12, 2015) to “respect the religious peculiarities of the Shiite sect, which is a significant part of respecting religious rituals,” adding that “it is the government’s duty to guarantee that the freedom of religious rituals is not violated.”
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Al-Wefaq Liberties Dept.: Bahrain’s NIHR Report Far from Reality & Disregarded Blatant Violations
2016-01-15
Commenting on the 2014 annual report of Bahrain’s National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), the Human Rights and Liberties Department of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society expressed its deep disappointment regarding its content stressing that it is “far from reality”, and has disregarded many of the blatant violations taking place.
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Demonstrations Held on Eve of Al-Wefaq Secretary-General’s Appeal Hearing
2016-01-15
Different areas across Bahrain witnessed demonstrations that were held on Wednesday (January 14, 2016) on the eve of a new appeal hearing for the opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman.
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Al-Wefaq: Raising Gasoline Prices Exposes Floundering Gov't Policies
2016-01-13
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, rejected what it described as "the immense flounder caused by the blundered and improvised policies which failed to deal with the accumulating economic crises,
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Bahraini Forces Arrest Former Municipality Council Member Hamid Al-Basri in House Raid
2015-12-29
Bahrain Mirror: Activists on social media outlets said that Bahraini security forces raided on early Monday morning (December 28, 2015) the house of the former member of the municipality council Hamid Al-Basri in the village of Sanabis.
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Al-Wefaq Condemns Nigeria Heinous Crime..Urges Release of Sheikh Al-Zakzaky
2015-12-18
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s main opposition group Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society denounced what it described as “the heinous crime” that hit Nigeria, leaving many innocent people killed.
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Al-Wefaq Rejects Charges Raised against Sheikh Hassan Isa
2015-12-16
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, strongly rejected the charges brought against former Bahraini MP Sheikh Hasan Isa over involvement in the Sitra bus bombing, describing them as false accusations.
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Detention of Al-Wefaq Top Figure Sheikh Hassan Isa Renewed for 30 More Days
2015-12-10
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Public Prosecution renewed the detention of the prominent Al-Wefaq figure, Sheikh Hassan Isa, for 30 additional days according to Al-Wefaq society’s official Twitter account.
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Bahraini Courts Issue 429 Year Prison Terms in Just One Day
2015-11-24
Bahraini Mirror: Bahrain’s main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, said that Bahraini courts have issued on Monday (November 23, 2015) jail terms that reach up to 429 years against 36 protestors.
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Al-Wefaq Lights Candles in Solidarity with Victims of Lebanon & France Attacks
2015-11-17
Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society held a rally on Sunday evening (November 15, 2015) in solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attacks that hit Lebanon and France.
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Calls for Release of Sheikh Abduljalil Al-Meqdad & his Detained Family Members to Attend Brother’s Funeral
2015-11-07
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s main opposition group Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society urged on Thursday (November 5, 2015) the release of the prisoner of conscience Sheikh Abduljalil Al-Meqdad so he would be able to attend his brother’s funeral, Abdulhussein Radi Al-Meqdad.
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Detention of Sheikh Hassan Isa Renewed for 15 more Days Despite Conclusion of Investigations
2015-10-28
Bahrain Mirror: Former Member of Parliament Sheikh Hassan Isa’s defence lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi said that the Public Prosecution renewed, for the fourth consecutive time, the detention of Sheikh Hassan Isa for 15 additional days, although the investigations were concluded.