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#Bahrain acquits opposition MP over terrorism charges
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A court in Manama on Wednesday acquitted prominent Bahraini opposition figure Khalil al-Marzouq on charges of inciting terrorism, a judicial source said. Marzouq, a former MP for the main opposition political party Al-Wefaq, was arrested on September 17. He has been out on bail since his trial began on October 24 but prohibited from travelling abroad. (AFP)

#Bahrain opposition figure held for “promoting terrorism”
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Bahraini boys shout slogans towards riot police who attacked a demonstration against the death of Mohammed Abdul Jalil in the village of Daih, West of Manama, on 15 September 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed al-Shaikh)

Former opposition MP Khalil al-Marzouq has been detained on charges of “promoting terrorist acts,” authorities said on Wednesday, in a move slammed by the opposition as a “dangerous escalation.” Marzouq was questioned by prosecutors in the presence of (...)

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#Bahrain arrests opposition figure
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Police arrested a Bahraini opposition figure on Tuesday in the latest attempt to suppress dissent in the US-backed island kingdom struggling to quell a two and a half year popular uprising. The Interior Ministry said on Twitter that Khalil al-Marzouq, a former lawmaker and an aide to the opposition Al Wefaq party’s Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman, had been summoned and taken to the prosecutor. It gave no details. An Al Wefaq spokesman said the fact that Marzouq had been taken to the (...)

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