5-6 Mar 2017

terrorism cases, the (the) political regime. The

Bahrain justice ministry
seeks to dissolve
opposition group
Bahrains justice ministry
filed a lawsuit on Monday
seeking to dissolve a
main opposition group
on the grounds that it
undermined security,
state news agency BNA
reported.
The secular National
Democratic Action
Society, or Waad, had
perpetrated serious
violations targeting the
principle of respecting the
rule of law, supporting
terrorism and sanctioning
violence by glorifying
people convicted for
ministry said.
Authorities have piled
pressureon the countrys
opposition in recent
months, dissolving the
largest opposition group
al-Wefaq last year and
revoking the citizenship
of the countrys top Shiite Bahrains government filed Spring protests.
Muslim cleric.
Anger has mounted among
the Gulf island kingdoms
Shiite majority since the
Arab Spring protests crackdown on opposition
they led were repressed by
the Sunni-led government
in 2011 with the help of
Gulf Arab states.
read more
announcement, coming
just a day after Bahrains
parliament approved a
constitutional amendment
Bahrain files lawsuit to allowing military tribunals
dissolve secular political to try civilians , recalled the
clampdown that followed
party
the nations 2011 Arab
a lawsuit Monday to dissolve
a secular political party, the
second-such organization read more
it has targeted in the last
year as part of an intense
in the island nation.
The countrys Justice,
Islamic Affairs and
Endowments Ministry
accused Waad in a
statement of incitement
of acts of terrorism and
promoting (the) violent
and forceful overthrow of

The amendment drops a Civilians cannot be tried

Bahrain approves
military trial for civilians
Bahrains upper house
of parliament on Sunday
approved a constitutional
amendment which grants
military courts the right
to try civilians, sparking
concern for the fate
of activists already in
custody.
The 40-seat Shura Council,
the upper parliamentary
chamber appointed by
the king in the Gulf state,
unanimously approved an
amendment to Article 105,
members of the council
told AFP.
clause limiting military
trials to members of
the armed forces or
other security branches.
Civilians charged with
damaging public interest
or with terrorism, a vague
legal term, could now face
courts martial.
Sunni-ruled Bahrain last
month marked six years
since protests demanding
constitutional reform
in the Shiite-majority
kingdom erupted in the
capital Manama.
read more
Bahrain advances
military trials for
suspected militants
Khaled bin Ali al-Khalifa
Bahrains top government
advisory body passed a
constitutional amendment
allowing suspected militants
to be tried in military courts
on Sunday, state news
agency BNA reported, in a
move criticized by activists.
Bahrains Shura Council
approved the amendment
on the grounds that it would
protect the Gulf island
kingdom from militant
attacks, and the justice
minister said that those
perpetrating attacks had
forfeited access to civilian
courts.
militarily, but attackers who
carry out acts of terrorism
and armed violence will
have their crimes face
military justice, Sheikh
was quoted as saying by
BNA.
Their combat deeds and
armed egression put them
in a place far removed from
being civilians, he added.
The government executed
three men in January
convicted of a deadly 2014
bomb attack against police,
and in February three
fugitives were shot dead in
a gun battle at sea while two
security officers were killed
in militant attacks.
read more

Bahrain parliament
approves military trials
for civilians
Bahrains parliament
on Sunday approved a
constitutional change
allowing military courts to
try civilians, the kingdoms
latest rollback on reforms
made after its 2011 Arab
Spring protests that likely
will stoke an ongoing
government crackdown on
dissent.
Activists warn the
amendment will allow an
undeclared state of martial
law on the island near
Saudi Arabia thats home
to the U.S. Navys 5th
Fleet. Loyalists of Bahrains
rulers call the change
necessary to fight terrorism
as the persistent low-level
unrest that followed the
2011 demonstrations has
escalated recently in tandem
with the crackdown.
The islands 40-member
Consultative Council, the
upper house of the Bahraini
parliament appointed
by King Hamad bin Isa
Al Khalifa, voted for the
measure Sunday. Their
approval came less than
two weeks after the 40-seat
Council of Representatives,
the parliaments elected
lower house, passed it with
little opposition.
read more