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Bahrain Court Sentences Two Suspects to Life-Imprisonment over Charges of Planting Bomb
2016-03-04
A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (March 3, 2016) to life-imprisonment two suspects, who the authorities accuse of planting a bomb. The Bahraini authorities often raise such accusations against the peaceful protestors who call for a democratic transition.
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British Foreign Secretary: We Raised Sharif’s Case with Bahrain…We Call for Protecting Freedom of Expression
2016-03-04
The British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said that his country raised the case of opposition leader, Ebrahim Sharif, with government of Bahrain.
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Dry Dock Prison Hunger Strikers’ Health Deteriorates & Officers Threaten to Stop Strike by Force
2016-03-04
Detainees at Bahrain’s Dry Dock Prison revealed that prison officers threatened to use force to stop the collective hunger strike, which the prisoners have launched demanding that the abuses practiced by prison authorities against them be put to an end.
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February Box: Saudi-Funded Al-Arabiya Cameras Set inside National Security Service's Torture Chamber & Sheikh Saqr Al Khalifa's Office!
2016-03-04
The Bahraini authorities told the prisoners that they will meet the King's delegate, Sheikh Saqr Al Khalifa. That day is embedded in their memories. All the prisoners shared the same beginning; however, their ends differed somehow.
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UN Rapporteurs: Bahrain Uses Violence & Discriminates against Shia Citizens
2016-03-04
The United Nations Special Rapporteurs in the field of cultural rights; on extreme poverty and human rights; and on freedom of religion or belief said that they have received concerning alleged patterns of continuous discrimination against Shia citizens
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Bahraini Interior Minister Hints Shiite Doctrine Is "Bid'ah"
2016-03-04
The Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa made a derogatory statement on Wednesday (March 2, 2016) against the Shiite sect which the majority of the indigenous people of Bahrain follow.
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Freedom House Rates Bahrain "Not Free" on Net
2016-03-03
In its report on freedom on the internet, Freedom House rated Bahrain as "Not Free" among 6 other countries, including Syria and Saudi Arabia.
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US Senator Wyden on Bahrain Uprising 5th Anniv.: They Want Us to Believe They Implemented BICI Recommendations
2016-03-03
The United States Democratic Party Senator, Ron Wyden, sent an address to the US president Barack Obama on the 5th anniversary of popular protests in Bahrain.
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Security Forces Remove Husseini Food Stands by Force in Bilad Al-Qadeem
2016-03-03
Social media activists said that Bahraini Ministry of Interior forces raided Bilad Al-Qadeem and Al-Zinj villages, and vandalized and removed a number of Husseini "free food stands" by force.
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Index on Censorship Calls for Ebrahim Sharif's Immediate Release
2016-03-03
Index on Censorship, an international organization concerned with freedom of expression, called for the immediate release of the Bahraini opposition leader and former secretary-general of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad), Ebrahim Sharif.
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Nasrallah: Saudi Tanks Crushed Bahraini Protestors Yet We Called for Positivity to Reach Dialogue
2016-03-03
The Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, stated that Hezbollah stressed on the necessity of being positive with Saudi Arabia in order to reach a dialogue, although its tanks crushed the bones of protestors at that time.
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February Black Box: Nasser Al-Ras Says "They Videotaped Me on Similar Chair Shown in Al-Arabiya Footage"
2016-03-02
The Bahraini-Canadian human rights activist Nasser Al-Ras revealed that the the chair he sat on during interrogation "was similar to the chair Mr. Mushaima' and Sheikh Al-Miqdad were sitting on," while their confessions were extracted under torture.
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Mr. Hasan Mushaima' Dares Authorities to Air Details of his Interrogation
2016-03-02
The opposition figure Hasan Mushaima' dared the Bahraini authorities to air the details of the footage and interrogation which exposes them and shows how fair the opposition's cause is.
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Sheikh Mohammad Habib Calls for Revealing Identity of his Torturer "Saqer"
2016-03-02
The Bahraini Sheikh Mohammad Habib Al-Miqdad called on the authorities to unveil the identity of "Saqer", who said that he was a representative of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and tortured the detained opposition figures.
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Bahraini Authorities Raid Sanabes to Vandalize Husseini "Food Stands"
2016-03-02
The Bahraini security authorities vandalized a number of Husseini "free food stands" in the Sanabes area, according to eyewitnesses.
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Detained Athletes at Jaw Prison Congratulate Infantino after FIFA Election Win & Urge him to Make Effort to Release them
2016-03-02
Bahraini athletes imprisoned at Jaw Central Prison congratulated Gianni Infantino on his victory in the FIFA elections.
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UN Special Procedures Report for HRC: Bahrain Persecutes Shia & Targets Clerics
2016-03-01
The Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council released the 13th iteration of their joint communications report, singling out Bahrain as among the worst offenders of human rights in the world.
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Bahrain Names Street after Saud Al-Faisal for his Role in Crackdown on February 14 Uprising
2016-02-29
Bahrain's Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa declared naming a street in Manama after the late Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Saud Al-Faisal in recognition of his pivotal role and support for the ruling Al Khalifa family against the popular protests in 2011.
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Solidarity Vigil Held outside Mr. Hasan Mushaima’s House: You’re Bahrain’s Crown
2016-02-29
Bahrainis voiced their solidarity with the leader of Haq Movement Hasan Mushaima, under the slogan “You are the crown of our country”, stressing that what the Saudi-funded Al-Arabiya channel aired recently is but a failed attempt to insult opposition figures.
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Dry Dock Prisoners Call on Int’l Organizations to Consider their Hunger Strike Demands
2016-02-29
Sources from inside Central Jaw Prison announced an appeal to international human rights organizations for taking into consideration the demands made by prisoners on hunger strikes.