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Sheikh Isa Qassim. Reuters

Bahrain Arrests 286 Wanted Individuals after Breaking up Protest in Diraz

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Bahrain police carried out a large security deployment on Tuesday in Diraz, where they managed to remove series of illegal road blocks and barricades that were put in the streets in order to obstruct the movement of cars and pedestrians and disrupt the...

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Isa Qassim. AP Photo

Bahrain: Prison Sentence Against Isa Qassim, his Aides in Money Laundering Case

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | May 22, 2017 | Middle East

Manama- Bahrain’s Judiciary gave on Sunday Isa Qassim and his aides Hussein Youssef Al-Qassab and Mirza Al-Darazi, a one-year suspended prison sentence on charges of illegal fundraising and money laundering. The verdict also fined each one of the three accused a sum...

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Bahraini Police Officers outside a Court (AFP)

Bahrain Judiciary Postpones Isa Qassim’s Trial to May 21

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | May 8, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – A high criminal court in Bahrain decided on Sunday to postpone the verdict issuance in the case of Isa Qassim and two of his assistants until May 21. This is the second time the court postpones issuing the verdict, as on March 14 the court had postponed its...

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Sheikh Isa Qassim. (Reuters)

Bahrain Adjourns Isa Qassim’s Verdict to May

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Mar 15, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Bahrain’s High Criminal Court postponed on Tuesday the announcement of the verdict in the money laundering case against Isa Qassim, a local cleric, and two others to May 7, deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad al-Quraishi said. The Public Prosecution had...

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Bahraini cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim (Photo by Reuters)

Bahrain: Isa Qassim Case Postponed

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Feb 28, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Bahrain High Criminal Court adjourned the trial of cleric Isa Qassim and two other defendants accused of money laundering and financing foreign organizations hostile to Bahrain until March 14 and rejected calls for his acquittal. Qassim used some of the money...