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Iranian Foreign Ministry: Bahraini FM Should Focus on his Country's Problems
2016-09-10
Iranian Foreign Ministry called on Bahraini FM to focus on his country’s problems instead of adopting repetitive stances dictated to him by some regional parties.
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Tom Lantos Commission Holds Hearing Friday to Discuss Deteriorating Human Rights in Bahrain
2016-09-10
Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights holds on Friday hearing to discuss the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain.
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Tawiya Society’s Case Adjourned until October 18
2016-09-09
A Bahraini court adjourned the appeal against the decision to dissolve the Tawiya Society until October 18, waiting for the replies of the Ministry of Works and Municipal Affairs.
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Court Adjourns Trial of Sheikh Imad Al-Shaala until September 20 with his Continued Detention
2016-09-09
The minor criminal court adjourned on Thursday (September 8, 2016) the trial of detained Shiite cleric Imad Al-Shaala until September 20 with his continued detention.
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Court Adjourns Trial of Sheikh Mounir Al-Maatouk, Refuses to Release him
2016-09-09
The minor criminal court adjourned on Thursday (September 8, 2016) the trial of detained Shiite cleric and prominent preacher Sheikh Mounir Al-Maatouk until September 20 with his continued detention.
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Trial of Sheikh Ali Naji Adjourned until September 20, while Remaining in Custody
2016-09-09
The minor criminal court adjourned on Thursday (September 8, 2016) the trial of detained Shiite Sheikh Ali Naji (Al-Himli) until September 20 with his continued detention.
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U.N. Nuclear Agency Says Iran Sticking to Nuclear Deal
2016-09-09
Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, a report by the U.N. nuclear agency found.
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Top Saudi Cleric Says Iran Leaders Not Muslims as Haj Row Mounts
2016-09-09
Saudi Arabia's top religious authority said Iran's leaders were not Muslims, drawing a rebuke from Tehran in an unusually harsh exchange between the regional rivals over the running of the annual haj pilgrimage.
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Senators Seek to Block $1.15 Billion U.S. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
2016-09-09
Four U.S. senators introduced a joint resolution on Thursday seeking to block the U.S. sale of $1.15 billion of Abrams tanks and other military equipment to Saudi Arabia, citing issues including the conflict in Yemen.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Bahrain Periodic Report to be Discussed in HRC in February 2017
2016-09-08
The Minister's Assistant for Foreign Affairs Abdullah Faisal Jabur Al-Doseri, said that the National Report is to be discussed in February 2017, as part of the inclusive periodic review mechanism at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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"Wa'ad" To Hold its Eighth General Conference in November
2016-09-08
The National Democratic Action Society "Wa'ad" announced officially on Wednesday that its eighth General Conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, November 3-4, 2016.
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Deep Concerns at Health of Detainee Khalil Al-Halwachi after Suffering from Stroke that Made him Lose Ability to Move
2016-09-08
Head of the Monitoring and documentation department at EBOHR, activist Fatima Al-Halwachi, said that her father Khalil Halwachi, who has been in the pre-detention prison since over 2 years, suffered from a new stroke in prison which made him lose the ability to move his body.
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Video: Journalist Kritsof Calls on King Hamad to Arrest Himself because he Damages Image of Bahrain
2016-09-08
The famous US journalist, Nicholas Kristof, called on the king of Bahrain to arrest himself “for he damages the image of Bahrain far more than human rights activist Nabeel Rajab ever did.”
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Sheikh Al-Shihabi’s Trial Adjourned until September 21 While he Remains in Detention
2016-09-08
The Minor Criminal Court presided over by Judge Ibrahim Al-Jifin and Hussein Hammad as secretariat, adjourned on Wednesday (September 7, 2016), the trial of prominent Shiite cleric and head of the Imam Baqir Hawza, Sheikh Mohammad Jawad Al-Shihabi.
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Trial of Shiite Cleric Fadel Al-Zaki Adjourned until September 21, while Remaining in Custody
2016-09-08
The minor criminal court adjourned on Wednesday (September 7, 2016) the trial of the Shiite cleric Sheikh Fadel Al-Zaki until September 21 for pleading, refusing to release him on a bail.
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Your Accounts Were Hacked, Were Your Faces Hacked too?
2016-09-08
If Khalifa bin Ahmad’s account was hacked, was the account of his brother Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa hacked when he threatened a dissident in exile.
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Bahrain Special Investigation Unit Received 26 Torture Complaints, Referred 3 Policemen to Trial in August
2016-09-08
Al-Kuwari said SIU received, during August, 26 complaints that varied between allegations of torture and ill-treatment.
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Ayatollah al-Subhani Calls on Bahrain Rulers to Cease Oppression of Bahraini People
2016-09-08
Shiite religious authority Ayatollah Sheikh Jaafar al-Subhani called on rulers of Bahrain to end oppression of Bahraini people.
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Appeal Court Upholds Prison Sentence against Dr. al-Samahiji for Criticizing KSA over Sheikh al-Nimr’s Execution
2016-09-08
Appeal Court upheld fi 1-year imprisonment sentence against Dr. Saeed al-Samahiji for criticizing Saudi Arabia.
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PHOTOS: Qom Hawza Demonstrates in Solidarity with Sheikh Isa Qassim
2016-09-08
Qom Hawza held gathering in solidarity with Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, amid mass participation from Shiite students of religious sciences and Islamic scholars.