Bahrain’s government

Top Bahrain Activist Sentenced To 2 Years In Jail

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A Bahraini court on Monday sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to two years in jail after finding him guilty of spreading “fake news”, a judicial source said. The source, quoted by the official BNA news agency, said Rajab was convicted “of disseminating false news, statements and rumours about the internal situation of the … Read more

Bahrain Seeks Dissolution of Secular Opposition Party

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Bahrain’s justice ministry said Monday it filed a lawsuit to dissolve a secular opposition party, the state-run news agency said, months after the country’s main Shiite opposition party was banned. The justice ministry “has filed a lawsuit requesting the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Waed), in light of Waed’s serious violations of the … Read more