Bahrain's king pardons more than 1,500 detainees on eve of Eid. The pardon was promulgated on the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
This is “the largest number of prisoners pardoned since the pro-democracy protests in 2011,” BNA said. The latest royal decree “will concern political prisoners because the term “riot” refers to those who demanded political change,’ BNA added in a press release. The release did not specify whether prisoners of conscience were among those pardoned.