DUBAI: Bahrain’s King Hamad ordered the government on Monday to implement a parliamentary call for tough measures against what the authorities are calling an upsurge in “terrorism.”
The monarch forwarded to the government recommendations adopted on Sunday by Parliament, ordering their “quick implementation,” the BNA news agency said.
Parliament, which is boycotted by the opposition, gave authorities powers to revoke the citizenship of anyone “recognized as guilty of committing or inciting an act of terrorism.”
At an extraordinary session requested by the king during a parliamentary recess, MPs also recommended “a ban on gatherings and rallies” in the capital Manama.
It called for emergency law to be declared in the if the need arose in the runup to a major opposition demonstration called for mid-August. MPs urged authorities to prosecute political groups that “incite and support acts of violence and terrorism,” as well as those that use media social networks to “spread false information.”
Al-Ayam newspaper described the recommendations as “historic” and a reflection of a “national consensus to fight terrorism” in the kingdom.
Bahrain king endorses ‘anti-terror’ powers
