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Director is told to go
National Democratic Insti-tute (NDI) director Fawzi Julaid has been told by immigration authorities to leave the country by Friday, after his sponsor, another political institute, failed to renew his residence permit. The Bahrain Institute for Political Development has had Mr Julaid’s passport since December as his sponsor in Bahrain. He said he was surprised to [...]
Full StoryActivist to run in elections
Political activist and National Al Adala (Justice) Movement founder Abdulla Hashim has declared his intension to run for parliament in this year’s elections. Mr Hashim said he and fellow movement member Isa Al Sayyar will be running for different constituencies in the Muharraq Governorate, but that neither will run under the name of the group. [...]
Full StoryAl Wefaq poll hopes high…
Bahrain’s top opposition political group expects to win at least 12 seats in the new parliament in December 2006. Al Wefaq National Islamic Society’s 30-member Shura body voted on Monday in favour of running for elections after boycotting parliament in 2002. The society says that it would have a stronger influence on the country’s politics [...]
Full StoryBahrain’s dawn of democracy proves false for Shia
A few blocks away from the new waterfront developments that Bahrain’s rulers hope will secure the kingdom’s future as a regional banking centre, there are signs of budding revolt. Wearing balaclavas to mask their identity, young men with no stake in the capital Manama’s rising skyline, spend their evenings burning tyres, hurling stones and blocking [...]
Full StorySociety shifted position to take advantage of political platform
Al Wefaq Bahrain’s largest opposition society that spearheaded the boycott of the 2002 parliamentary elections attributed its decision to join mainstream politics to its consideration of the Council of Representatives as “a political platform that could be used optimally” and to “the local, regional and international developments and decisions”. The society said more powers should [...]
Full StoryAl Wefaq ends election boycott
Al Wefaq National Islamic Society is to join parliamentary elections later this year, reports Mohammed Al A’ali Al Wefaq’s 30-member Shura body has voted in favour of an earlier decision taken by its general-secretariat two weeks ago to participate in the elections. The decision was taken yesterday in an extraordinary meeting with 20 members voting [...]
Full StoryAl Wefaq raps attack on police
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society yesterday condemned the arson attack by masked thugs on a police patrol vehicle in Abu Saebaa’ village. The vehicle was attacked on Saturday night with Molotov cocktail while it was on routine work in the village, injuring two policemen. “This attack is condemned by all society members,” the society said in [...]
Full StoryPolitical skills training for poll candidates
An organisation that aims to encourage political development is holding a training session for potential candidates in forthcoming national elections next week. It will be the first programme organised by the Bahrain Political Development Institute. Topics will include the constitution, political participation, the political system in Bahrain and political rights. The 13-day workshop will start [...]
Full StorySociety may contest polls
The National Democratic Action Society, which boycotted parliamentary elections in 2002, looks set to take part this year.Members voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking part, during a referendum which ran into the early hours of yesterday, at the society’s premises in Umm Al Hassam. But the vote is non-binding and does not automatically mean the [...]
Full StoryMPs are divided over Press law
MPs were divided yesterday over whether or not criminal punishments should be handed out to journalists who break a new Press law. Some argued for the inclusion of articles in the draft law that allow jail sentences of up to six months for anyone who criticises His Majesty King Hamad or Islam. However, others said [...]
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