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AFP: Bahrain Approves Law for Military Trial of Civilians
2017-04-04
Bahrain's king on Monday approved a constitutional amendment granting military courts the right to try civilians, raising concerns among rights groups for activists in the Gulf kingdom.
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AFP: Bahrain Sentences Two To Death For Police Bombing
2017-03-30
A Bahraini court sentenced two people to death on Wednesday over a deadly bomb attack on a police patrol in 2015, a judicial source said.
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AP: Bahrain Sentences 2 People to Death on Terror Charges
2017-03-30
A court in Bahrain on Wednesday sentenced two people to death on terror charges and handed down lengthy sentences to 11 others, including a former lawmaker who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to a statement from the public prosecutor.
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Reuters: Bahrain Sentences Two to Death over 2015 Bomb Attack that Killed Two Policemen
2017-03-30
A Bahraini court on Wednesday sentenced two citizens to death over a 2015 bomb attack that killed two police officers and wounded six others, the public prosecutor said.
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Court Issues Death Penalty against 2 Defendants & Whole-Life Sentence against 5 Others over Sitra Blast
2017-03-29
Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court issued death penalties against each of Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Touk and Mohammad Radhi Abdullah and revoked their citizenships. The court also issued whole-life sentences against Salah Saeed, Ibrahim Jaafar Hassan, Ali Abdulkarim Marzooq, Layth Khalil Al-Touk and Ali Ahmad Ali and revoked the citizenships of 4 of them. Meanwhile, Sayed Mortada Al-Sanadi and Kassim Abdullah Ali were stripped of their nationalities and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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AP: Bahrain Sentences 3 to Death on Terror Charges
2017-03-24
A Bahrain court sentenced three people to death and 14 others to lengthy prison terms on charges they established a terrorist cell with the intent of killing policemen, al-Wasat, an independent Bahraini news website, reported Thursday.
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Reuters: Bahrain Sentences Three to Death for “Terrorism”, Bomb Attacks
2017-03-24
A Bahraini court sentenced three Shi'ite Muslim men to death on Thursday after they were convicted on charges of terrorism and involvement in 2014 bomb attacks that injured a number of police officers.
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Rida Al-Ghasra Echoes Che Guevara’s Words: Shoot You Coward!
2017-02-22
Bahrain’s Rida Al-Ghasra was said to be a young revolutionary whose revolutionary passion pumped through his veins, and was dubbed by Bahrainis as Bahrain’s Guevara.
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European Parliament Condemns Execution of 3 Dissidents in Bahrain
2017-02-18
The European Parliament strongly condemned the executions of three people in Bahrain on 15 January 2017, and the executions of seven people by the Kuwaiti authorities on 25 January 2017.
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UK FCO Human Rights Priority Report on Bahrain Emphasizes Need to Respect Rights of All Citizens
2017-02-10
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued an update to its report on the Bahrain situation, which included the period between July and December 2016.
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Kuwaiti MP Dubs Execution of 3 Bahraini Detainees “Political Madness”
2017-01-17
Kuwaiti Member of Parliament, Saleh Ashoor, believed that Bahrain’s execution of three of its citizens by firing squad a “political madness” and an entry into a dark tunnel.
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Saudi Arabia: 14 Qatif Citizens Sentenced to Death, Reports
2016-06-01
Saudi criminal court sentenced to death 14 citizens from predominantly-Shiite Qatif ...
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Saudi Arabia Beheads Nigerian in 95th Execution of the Year
2016-05-30
Saudi authorities put to death a Nigerian national after convicting him of murdering a policeman.