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2021 Panorama: Bahrain's 2021 Ashura Turns into Security Season Targeting Shiite Citizens
2023-10-06
The Ashura season of 2021 in Bahrain unfolded against a backdrop of heightened security measures that seemed to target the Shiite community. Commencing in August, the authorities implemented strict measures and stringent conditions, restricting the commemoration of Ashura rituals.
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Report Monitors Violations Carried out in Ashura Says New PM didn't Introduce Reforms on Religious Discrimination
2021-12-03
Three human rights organizations said that Bahrain did not stop discriminating against religious freedoms against Shiite citizens and continued to persecute them.
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3 NGOs Confirm that Bahraini Authorities Exploited Covid-19 Pandemic to Restrict Religious Freedoms during Ashura Season
2021-09-04
Three Bahraini human rights organizations issued a statement in which they expressed their concern about the Bahraini government's exploitation of the Covid-19 pandemic to restrict the religious freedoms of Shia citizens during 2021 Ashura season.
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Sheikh Al-Daihi: Closure of Al-Zahraa Mosque, Restrictions on Ashura Rituals Deemed Blatant Violation against Values, Rituals
2020-08-27
Al-Wefaq deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi condemned the closure of Al-Zahraa Mosque in Hamad Town and restrictions practiced by the authorities against Ashura rituals, considering this "a blatant violation against rituals and freedoms".
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Cassation Court Upholds One-Year Jail Term against Sheikh Abdulmohsen Al-Jamri over Religious Lecture
2020-08-26
The Cassation Court upheld on Monday (August 24, 2020) upheld a one-year jail term against Shiite cleric Sheikh Abdulmohsen Mulla Atiya Al-Jamri over a religious lecture he delivered on the onset of 2020.
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In Televised Speech on Ashura Occasion: Al-Daihi Stresses on Patience until Achieving Demands, Calls for Commemorating Ashura under Health Restrictions
2020-08-20
Al-Wefaq deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, stressed what he dubbed "Strategic Patience" in order to achieve demands, confirming that "the people of Bahrain are a school for positive patience associated with work throughout their political history, and their movement will end with victory and achieving the great goals they are seeking."
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2018: King Closes Obsequy Center in Al-Malikiya, Government Targets Shiite Rituals in Ashura
2019-01-15
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa became irritated during the Ashura season this year once again. However, this time he closed down a Ma’tam (obsequies) — Shiite center in which religious occasions are commemorated, namely Ashura.
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27 Citizens Detained for 15 Days for Performing Prayers on Eve of 10th of Muharram in Manama
2018-09-24
A number of activists reported on Twitter that the Bahraini Public Prosecution issued a warrants ordering the detention of 27 Bahraini citizens for 15 days pending investigation.
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Capital Secretariat Targets Ashura Foodstands, Orders their Removal
2017-10-19
The Inspection Department at the Secretariat of the capital Manama announced that owners of Ashura-related food stands are violating the law, and placed notices ordering the removal of these food stands or else the Secretariat will remove them itself.
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Hezbollah SG in Ashura Speech: The World Needs to be Reminded of Wise, Oppressed Leader; Sheikh Isa Qassim
2017-10-01
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah confirmed that the Arab and Islamic world bear responsibility of the oppression that the people of Bahrain are subjected to, at a time when Manama opens the door for normalizations with the Zionists.
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Bahraini Security Forces Attack Protestors in Nuwaidrat after Ashura Mourning Procession
2015-10-26
Bahraini security forces attacked demonstrators who staged a protest following a Ashura mourning procession in Nuwaidrat, south of the capital Manama on Saturday (October 24, 2015).