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Bahrain may offer free education to prisonersAll inmates in Bahrain’s jails could soon be provided free education, training and jobs as part of a new law designed to improve prison conditions in the kingdom, a report said. An article of the law approved by the Shura Co More… |
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Bahrain MPs approve jail for insulting KingBahrain’s parliament has approved an amendment to the Penal Code, which could penalise people with five years in jail for insulting His Majesty King Hamad. It could also fine offenders up to BD10,000 ($26,365), said a report More… |
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Bahraini fishermen freed from Qatari prisonTwenty-two Bahrain-based fishermen have been released from Al Khor jail in Doha after their employers paid fines amounting to a total of BD11,200 ($29,480) for straying into Qatar's territorial waters. The men have been held i More… |
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Bahrain law against transfer of banned plantsBahrain has amended and approved a pan-GCC legislation on the transfer of seeds and shrubs, which could mean people caught importing, exporting or growing banned plants will face prison. The Shura Council wanted to bring the new bill, whic More… |
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Ezz Steel's chairman quits boardSteel magnate Ahmed Ezz quit the board of Ezz Steel and its Ezz Dekheila Steel unit as he fights graft charges from prison, and has been replaced by managing director Paul Chekaiban, the company said on Tuesday. Ezz, a top official in oust More… |
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US hands over last Iraqi jailThe US military handed over its last prison in Iraq yesterday ending an ignominious chapter of the 2003 US invasion that saw thousands detained without charge and triggered outrage after disclosures of abuse. At a ceremony in a hangar at C More… |
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OJ Simpson prepares for 'long time in prison'More than a decade after OJ Simpson stunned much of America by walking away from a murder trial a free man, the onetime football great known for unbridled speed was preparing to spend in prison what should have been the prime years of a superstar& More… |
