it was reported that Bahrain may reintroduce death penalty if...

it was reported that Bahrain may reintroduce death penalty if the Chamber of Deputies passed a draft law on anti-terror measures. The bill also called for stricter punishments for acts of terrorism, such as a life sentence or a jail term of not less than 10 years. As per the draft law, the death penalty would be meted out to individuals who called for anti-constitutional measures or whose actions caused harm to people or resulted in hindering public organisations from performing their duties. The draft law would also forbid the use of religion, public places, places of worship, and religious or traditional occasions in order to promote hatred.
While the Chamber was keen on discussing the draft law and passing it, the head of its committee on law and legislation, Yusuf Zainal, felt there was no need for the bill since the country was already a signatory to many anti-terrorism treaties.
“The draft law is aimed at controlling individual freedoms and political activity as it gives more power to the government over political societies,” deputy Zainal stressed. Yusuf Zainal also explained that most of the articles in the bill covered punishments for various criminal acts rather than terrorist activities.