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MoI: 50 Arrested in Diraz, Police Deployment to Remain on Site
2017-05-23
The Ministry of Interior announced that it has arrested 50 Bahrainis during a security raid on the village of Diraz, west of the capital Manama to disperse a peaceful protest outside the house of Shiites leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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AFP: NGOs Say Protester Killed as Police Raid Bahrain Sit-In
2017-05-23
A protester was killed Tuesday in a Bahraini police raid on a sit-in by supporters of a leading Shiite cleric put on trial in the Gulf state, a rights group said.
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Reuters: Activists Say Man Killed in Security Raid on Bahrain Shi'ite Village
2017-05-23
Activists said security forces killed a protester during a raid on the home village of Bahrain's Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader on Tuesday.
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AFP: Bahrain Police Open Fire on Shiite Sit-In
2017-05-23
: Bahrain police on Tuesday opened fire on a long-running sit-in in support of a leading Shiite cleric in the Sunni-ruled Gulf state, hit by years of unrest.
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Mohammad Kadhem Zainuldine Martyred at Hands of Security Forces in Diraz
2017-05-23
Youth Mohammad Kadhem Zainuldine (39 years) martyred after receiving gunshots by the forces affiliated to the ministry of interior while raiding Diraz village, where thousands are protesting outside Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.
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MoI Asks Diraz Obsequies’ Heads to Intervene, Disperse Sit-In Outside Sheikh Qassim’s House
2017-05-22
Information reported that the Ministry of Interior summoned on Sunday the heads of Diraz-based obsequies, and asked them to intervene to disperse the sit-in crowd outside the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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MoI Arrests 3 Suspects Accused of Stealing Cars
2017-05-15
The Director-General of the Muharraq Governorate Police announced the arrest of two suspects for stealing cars and damaging them in various governorates using similar modus operandi.
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MoI says Traffic Violations Lower by 75% After Imposing High Fines
2017-05-12
The percentage of traffic violations in Bahrain’s major streets decreased by 75% in the period between December 2016 and April 2017, with expectations to decrease more in coming months.
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Court of Appeals Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against Defendant over Burning Tires in front of Interior Ministry
2017-05-10
The Supreme Court of appeals rejected the objection of a suspect and upheld a 3-year jail verdict against him.
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MoI Denies "Scabies" Cases among Inmates, Claims that 3 Inmates Complained of "Minor Itching"
2017-05-06
The Ministry of Interior denied the claims of some e-newspapers that inmates in Jaw Prison suffer from scabies.
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LMRA Terminates License of Domestic Workers Office over Charge of “Human Trafficking”
2017-05-04
The Ministry of Interior denied what was reported by family of detainee Hussein Jaffar Abdullah Abu Hamad (21 years) about their son not receiving his medications in Dry Dock Prison.
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MoI Says Detainee Hussein Abu Hamad Receives Necessary Medical Care in Dry Dock Prison
2017-05-04
The Ministry of Interior denied what was reported by family of detainee Hussein Jaffar Abdullah Abu Hamad (21 years) about their son not receiving his medications in Dry Dock Prison.
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Detainee Sayed Alawi not Allowed to Meet his Family or Lawyer after Over 6 Months of Arrest
2017-05-03
Family of detainee Sayed Alawi Hussein said that the Bahraini security authorities are still preventing Sayed Alawi from meeting his family or lawyer since he was arrested on October 2016.
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MoI Finds Body of Gulf National in Nuwaidrat
2017-04-29
Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said that it found a body of a Gulf national (39 years) after he fell from the second floor of a house in Nuwaidrat. The ministry said on its Twitter account that “No criminal suspicion behind the case and the police are at the scene”
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Bahraini Interior Minister: We’re Still Facing Threats from Iranian and Iraqi Territories
2017-04-28
Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa said in a joint meeting held with the GCC states in Riyadh on Thursday (April 27, 2017) that his country faces persistent threats coming from the Iranian and Iraqi territories.
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MoI Doubles Parking Fees in Manama and Diplomatic Area
2017-04-27
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior started to implement its decision linked to doubling the fees on car parking spaces in Manama and the Diplomatic Areas since last Sunday.
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Geneva: Bahrain says Cost to Repair “Jaw Prison” Buildings after Riots BD 1.35M
2017-04-26
Head of Legal Affairs Department in the Ministry of Interior Rashid Bunajma denied allegations by the Committee against Torture (CAT) member Allessio Bruni that “Jaw” Prison witnessed riots every year.
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Appeal Court Upholds 7 Citizenship Revocation Verdicts in Case Linked to Bomb Storage in Dar Kulaib
2017-04-23
The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld citizenship revocation verdicts against 7 defendants convicted in a case lined to a “terrorist cell”, which the Ministry of Interior said caught with an explosives storage in Dar Kulaib.
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2 to 5 Years of Prison for 3 Interior Ministry Employees over Tampering with Fingerprint Device
2017-04-23
The fifth High Criminal Court ruled a 2 years imprisonment verdict against 2 and 5 years against another, for tampering with fingerprint device at the Ministry of Interior.
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MoI Arrests Suspect Accused of Money Exchange Company Robbery in East Riffa
2017-04-13
The General Director of the Southern Governorate Police announced the arrest a 28-year-old Asian man suspected of being involved in a money exchange company robbery in East Riffa on April 4.