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Detainee Akbar Ali Transferred to Psychiatric Hospital after Months of His Health Deterioration
2016-11-12
Social media activists said that the youth Akbar Ali from Bilad Al-Qadeem was transferred on Friday (November 11, 2016) to the psychiatric hospital after several months of his psychiatric sufferings due to his arrest.
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Public Prosecution Summons Activist Enas Oun for Interrogation Tomorrow
2016-11-12
The Public Prosecution summoned on Saturday (November 12, 2016) head of the monitoring and documentation unit at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Enas Oun for interrogation tomorrow.
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Senior Saudi Prince Says Trump Shouldn't Scrap Iran Deal
2016-11-12
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump should not scrap a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers but should take the nation to task for its "destabilizing activities" in the Middle East, said a former senior Saudi official.
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Iraqi Special Forces Seize Mosul District in Fresh Push
2016-11-12
Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 days.
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Reporters without Borders to Prince Charles: Bahrain King is Predator of Press Freedom
2016-11-11
Reporters without Borders (RSF) urged Prince Charles to raise press freedom during Gulf states visit.
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Bahrain Watch: Diraz Internet shutdown has Cost Residents more than 100,000 DB
2016-11-11
Bahrain Watch said that Diraz Internet shutdown has cost residents more than 100,000 Bahraini Dinars (about 265,000 USD).
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AP: Bahrain Opposition Leader Fears 'Whitewash' of Crackdown
2016-11-11
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla began wrapping up their trip to Bahrain on Friday, as a leader of the island's secular opposition warned their visit could "whitewash" an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
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British Crown Prince Opens His Country's Military Base in Bahrain
2016-11-11
Britain's Prince Charles opened on Thursday (November 10, 2016) his country's military base in Bahrain amid criticism for the support Bahrain receives from the British Government.
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Appeals Court Hands down 2-Year Jail Term to Defendant over Burning Tires in Sitra
2016-11-11
The High Appeals Court commuted the sentence of an appellant, reducing his prison term for 3 to 2 years over arson and assembly in Sitra.
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AP: British Royal Trip Comes as Bahrain Unrest Far from Over
2016-11-11
In the small town of Diraz, just a few miles from where Prince Charles met with Bahrain's royals, there is graffiti demanding the death of the Gulf island's monarch, armored vehicles with chicken wire on their windows and a tense calm that could be shattered at any time.
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Photos: Authorities Tighten Security Siege on Diraz
2016-11-11
Social media activists published photos for vehicles affiliated to the Bahraini Ministry of Interior as they continue their siege on Diraz.
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Bahraini Authorities Prevent Shia from Performing Friday Prayer for 17th Consecutive Week
2016-11-11
The Bahraini authorities have continued to prevent the Shia majority from performing their largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz.
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Bahraini Activist to The Independent: Prince Charles's Bahrain Visit “Backs Human Rights Abuses”
2016-11-11
Sayed Ahmad Alwadaei, a Bahraini activist and torture survival, said in an exclusive interview with British newspaper The Independent, that Prince Charles’s visit to Bahrain is being used to "whitewash" its record on civil liberties.
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Bahraini Interior Ministry: Officer Dies While Training
2016-11-11
Bahrain Interior Ministry announced on Thursday (November 10, 2016) the death of one of its officers during training, without details on reasons behind death.
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Bahrain Forum: Bahraini Authorities Create Vexatious Lawsuits Against Activists to Justify Travel Ban
2016-11-11
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said that the Bahraini authorities recently started creating “vexatious lawsuits against a group of politicians and rights activists to justify the travel ban against them before the international public opinion”.
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Bahrain’s Debt Reaches $20 Billion and $300 Million in 2016
2016-11-10
A report issued by Securities & Investment Company (SICO) Bahrain, mentioned that Bahrain’s debts by next year (2017) is expected to reach $808 million, at the time when the country’s public debt increased to more than $20 billion during the first half of this year (2016).
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Local Newspaper: 14 Bahraini Children Denied Citizenships over Political-Related Reasons
2016-11-10
The Al-Wasat newspaper said that Bahrain prevented 14 Bahraini children from receiving citizenships over political reasons.
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Public Prosecution Raises Assembly Charge against Activists Banned from Traveling
2016-11-10
Bahrain’s Public Prosecution interrogated on Thursday (November 10, 2016) a number of activists who are banned from traveling and raised assembly charge against some of them.
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Wa’ad Secretary-General Radhi Al-Mosawi Prevented from Leaving Bahrain
2016-11-10
The Bahraini security authorities prevented on Thursday (November 10, 2016) Radhi Al-Mosawi, the Secretary-General of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad), from leaving the country.
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Marc Owen Jones: Saudi Propaganda Flooded Twitter with Over Million Fake Accounts, Demonising Sheikh Isa Qassim & Bahraini Opposition
2016-11-10
Marc Owen Jones writes about his “discovery of thousands of fake twitter accounts polluting hashtags around Persian Gulf with anti-Shia and anti-Iranian propaganda.”