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Local Paper: Bahraini Authorities Block Diraz Entrances with More Barbed Wires and Piles of Sand
2016-06-29
Local Al-Wasat Bahraini newspaper said that the authorities in Bahrain intensified their security measures in the Diraz area.
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Business Standard: Bahrain's Become Proxy for Pan-Regional Feud with Iran, Gulf Monarchy Could Lose
2016-06-29
Business Standard stressed a big fear for the Bahrain government will be the loss of appeal to investors.
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Bahrain PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Undergoes Negotiations to Acquire 60% of Kempinski Hotels
2016-06-29
Source unveiled Bahraini PM is undergoing negotiations with international hotel group to acquire 60% of group's shares.
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AP: Detained Bahrain Activist Leaves Hospital
2016-06-29
Supporters of a well-known rights activist in the island kingdom of Bahrain say he has been returned to police custody a day after being hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat.
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Bahrain Activist Back in Jail Despite Worsening Health
2016-06-29
Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab was returned to prison from hospital despite his health "getting worse," one of his lawyers said Wednesday.
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Bahrain Opposition Defense Lawyers Quit in Protest
2016-06-29
Defense lawyers for Bahrain's main Shiite opposition bloc Al-Wefaq withdrew Tuesday from court proceedings to dissolve it Tuesday in protest at the government's push to accelerate the process.
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AFP: Detained Bahraini Activist Hospitalised
2016-06-29
Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, a vocal critic of the Gulf island's monarchy, was taken to...
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Bahraini PM: We Won't Allow Anyone to Create "Internal Challenges"
2016-06-28
Bahraini PM said government "won't allow anyone to create internal challenges", stressing there is no room for leniency.
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Bahrain Downgraded To Junk As Political Crackdown Continues Unabated
2016-06-28
Bahrain's latest downgrade by Fitch Ratings which cut country's rating from BBB- to BB+, takes Bahrain into junk status.
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Abdollahian: Bahrain who Has Longest-Serving PM Calls for Ousting Assad
2016-06-28
Former Iranian Deputy FM Hossein Amir Abdollahian stressed ruling Al Khalifa regime is like puppet in Riyadh's hands.
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Reuters: Jailed Bahraini Activist Taken to Hospital with Heart Problems
2016-06-28
Prominent Bahraini rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab, in detention for alleged remarks criticizing the kingdom's prison system and its involvement in a war in Yemen, has been taken to a hospital with a heart condition, supporters said on Twitter.
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Fitch Downgrades Bahrain to Junk on Widening Deficit
2016-06-28
Fitch Ratings downgraded Bahrain's debt by one notch to junk status on Tuesday, leaving all three of the world's big rating agencies assessing the kingdom below investment grade as low oil prices undermine its finances.
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Supporters Say Detained Bahrain Activist Taken to Hospital
2016-06-28
Supporters of an activist detained in Bahrain as part of an intensifying crackdown on dissent say he's been taken to the hospital with an irregular heartbeat.
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Al-Wefaq Dissolution Case Adjourned until July 4, Defense Panel Withdraws
2016-06-28
Court adjourned case of Al-Wefaq society dissolution until July 4, while defense team threaten to withdraw from case.
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MoI Arrests Citizens for Posting "Instigative Materials" on Social Media
2016-06-28
Bahrain's Ministry of Interior said that it arrested a number of citizens for posting "instigative materials on social media".
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Photos: Thousands of Bahrainis Continue their Rally outside Sheikh Isa Qassim's House for Eighth Consecutive Day
2016-06-28
Thousands of citizens continue their open rally in Diraz in front of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim's house for the eighth consecutive day, during which they chanted anti-government slogans.
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US Ambassador to UN Urges Restraint in Bahrain, Calls on Gov. to End Crackdown on Opposition
2016-06-28
US Ambassador to UN urged all Bahraini factions to restraint after the Bahraini authorities revoked the citizenship of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the most prominent Shiite cleric in the country.
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Court Hands Down 15-Year Jail Term to 3 Suspects and Revokes their Citizenships over Joining "Saraya Al-Mokhtar"
2016-06-28
The Chief of Bahrain's Terrorist Crimes Prosecution, Attorney-General Ahmad Al-Hammadi, stated that the Fourth High Criminal court sentenced on Monday (June 27, 2016) suspects charged with joining "Saraya Al-Mokhtar"
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Court Sentences 2 Suspects to 3 and 10 Years in Prison, Revokes their Citizenships over Al-Qadam Bombing
2016-06-28
The Chief of Bahrain's Terrorist Crimes Prosecution, Attorney-General Ahmad Al-Hammadi, stated that the Fourth High Criminal court sentenced on Monday
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Court Upholds Sentencing Suspects to 5 Years in Prison over Assembling and Attacking Policeman in Saar
2016-06-28
Bahraini High Court of Appeals upheld sentencing suspects to 5 years in prison over rioting and beating policeman in Saar.