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Australian Greens Party Seeks Halting Export of Advanced Monitoring Devices to Bahrain
2016-09-08
Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights said Australian Greens promised to intervene diplomatically to halt export of advanced monitoring devices to Bahraini Interior Ministry.
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Washington Urges Bahrain to Immediately Release Nabeel Rajab
2016-09-08
US urged Bahrain to immediately release HR activist Nabeel Rajab, after NY Times published letter by Rajab detailing his prosecution for exposing HR abuses in country.
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Russia Considers LNG Supplies to Bahrain
2016-09-07
Russia and Bahrain agreed to expand cooperation in liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Tuesday...
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Reuters: U.S. Urges Bahrain to Free Jailed Rights Campaigner Nabeel Rajab
2016-09-07
The United States voiced concern on Tuesday about the detention of leading Bahraini democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab and called on the Manama government to release him immediately.
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US Journalist: Repression of King Hamad Damages Image of Bahrain
2016-09-06
US journalist and columnist at the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, said that the repression of King Hamas is what damages the image of Bahrain.
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Appeals Court: Al-Wefaq’s Case Adjourned until September 22
2016-09-06
The Appeal Civil Court adjourned in its first hearing on Tuesday (September 6, 2016) the case of dissolving Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society until September 22.
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NYT: Will Bahraini “Turki Al-Binali” Succeed “Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani” (Mastermind of ISIS Attacks on West)?
2016-09-06
The News York Times published an article dwelling on the death of ISIS member Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, who was killed in an American drone strike in northern Syria late last month August. The newspaper mentioned that Al-Adnani’s heir might be Turki al-Binali from Bahrain.
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Court to Issue its Verdict in Nabeel Rajab’s Case on October 6
2016-09-06
The high Criminal Court set October 6, 2016 as a date to announce its verdict in the trial of the President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab.
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Bahrain King Arrives in Russia to Meet President Putin
2016-09-06
Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in the Russian capital Moscow on Monday (September 5, 2016) in his second visit of its kind this year.
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AFP: Bahrain Activist Trial to See Verdict Next Month
2016-09-06
A Bahraini court will next month announce its verdict in the trial of prominent activist Nabeel Rajab whose detention has been condemned by rights groups, a judicial source said Monday.
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Reuters: Bahrain brings new charges against man believed to be top democracy activist
2016-09-06
Reuters: Bahrain prosecutors on Monday filed new charges against a man believed by rights activists to be the Gulf state's most prominent jailed democracy campaigner, Nabeel Rajab, after the New York Times published an op-ed under his byline.
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Public Prosecution Charges Rajab with Disseminating False News that Undermine Prestige of State over NYT Article
2016-09-06
The Public Prosecution opened a new case against the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab over publishing an article in the New York Times on Sunday (September 4, 2016) entitled “Letter from a Bahraini Jail”.
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AP: Bahrain Activist Charged after Letter in New York Times
2016-09-06
A Bahraini watchdog says the country's leading activist, Nabeel Rajab, has been charged with publishing "false news and statements and malicious rumors that undermine the prestige of the kingdom," a day after his letter appeared in The New York Times.
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Nabeel Rajab to Judge: My Case's Malicious, My Arrest Is due to Meeting with US State Secretary
2016-09-06
President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab said that his trial is malicious, and that his arrest is due to his meeting with the US Secretary of State John Kerry, during his visit to Bahrain in April.
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Local Newspaper: Parliamentary Delegation Leaves to Geneva to Meet High Commissioner for Human Rights
2016-09-05
The local Bahraini Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper said that a parliamentary delegation will head today (Monday, September 5, 2016) to Geneva to meet the high Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, on the sideline of the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to be held on 13-30 September.
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Australia Urges Bahrain to Commit to Int’l Obligations to Achieve Political Reform
2016-09-05
The Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its interest in the human rights situation in Bahrain and its wish that Bahrain maintain its commitment to achieving concrete political reform based on respect for the legitimate rights and aspirations of all its citizens.
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Bahraini Court Upholds 1-Year Jail Term against Woman over Insulting Judiciary on Twitter
2016-09-05
The second major court headed by Judge Badr Al-Abdullah upheld a 1-year imprisonment sentence against a Bahraini woman, for insulting the judiciary in public.
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NYT Publishes Nabeel Rajab's Letter: Bahrain's MoI Interrogated Me about My Meeting with US Secretary of State
2016-09-05
The New York Times published a letter by detained Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab in which he asked questions addressed to US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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Saudi Lawyer Leads Case Against Bahrain Journalist Mohammad Al-Shorouqi in Bahraini Courts
2016-09-05
The Saudi "News 24" website stated that a Saudi lawyer is leading a case against Bahraini journalist Mohammad Al-Shorouqi in Bahraini courts, for charges of insulting Saudi scholars.
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Iran's Khamenei Blasts Saudi Management of Holy Sites
2016-09-05
With Iranians blocked from this month's hajj pilgrimage, their supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a furious rebuke to rival Saudi Arabia, saying the Muslim world should challenge its management of Islam's holiest sites.