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PHOTOS: Bahrainis Rally in Solidarity with Ebrahim Sharif in Bilad Al-Qadeem
2015-08-31
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrainis staged a rally in Bilad Al-Qadeem to voice solidarity with the former Secretary-General of Wa’ad Society Ebrahim Sharif.
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Bahrain Among 22 States Where Forced Disappearances Are Widely Spread
2015-08-31
Bahrain Mirror: The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has ranked Bahrain among 22 states that exercise the serious violation of forced disappearance.
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HRF after Karana Blast: Washington Should Help Bahrain Find Way Out of Crisis before Violence Escalates
2015-08-31
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Human Rights First expressed its concerns of reports that another policeman has been killed in Bahrain, urging “the US government to take action to help Bahrain find a way out of its political crisis before the violence escalates further.”
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BCHR: March 2015 Witnessed 272 Arrests, Highest Arrest Rate Over Two Years
2015-08-31
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that March 2015 scored the highest rate of arbitrary arrests.
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BCHR: Bahraini Authorities Arrest Over 20 Citizens from Karana after Deadly Bomb Blast
2015-08-31
Bahrain Mirror: BCHR documented 21 arrests among the youth of Karana that had witnessed a bomb blast on Friday (August 28, 2015) leaving a policeman killed.
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Al-Wefaq Condemns Karana Blast & Calls on Opposition Supporters to Distance Themselves from Anyone who Adopts Violence
2015-08-31
Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society condemned the bomb blast that took place in Karana and called on opposition supporters to “distance themselves from any party that adopts violence and to reject these choices.”
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PHOTOS: Protests West of Manama Demanding Democratic Transition
2015-08-29
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets west of Bahrain’s capital, Manama on Friday (August 28, 2015), calling for a democratic transition of power.
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Yousif Al-Muhafdha: Attorney-General Was a Military Officer…Prosecution Covers up Crimes of Security Forces
2015-08-29
Bahrain Mirror: Vice President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Yousif Al-Muhafdha, said that Bahrain’s Public Prosecution is covering up the crimes of the Interior Ministry, pointing out that the Attorney-General was an employee in the military institution.
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Bahraini Security Forces Arrest 3 Photojournalists at Country Mall
2015-08-29
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Bahraini security forces arrested on Friday (August 28, 2015) 3 photojournalists who were at the Country Mall, near the bomb blast site.
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Bahrain’s Interior Ministry: Policeman Killed in Karana Bomb Blast
2015-08-29
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced on Friday (August 28, 2015) that one of its policemen was killed in the bomb blast that took place in Karana.
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Bahrain’s Interior Ministry: Karana Bomb Blast Suspects Arrested
2015-08-29
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Ministry of Interior stated a number of suspects in the Karana bomb blast were taken into custody.
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AP: Explosion in Bahrain Kills Police Officer, Wounds 7 Others
2015-08-29
AP: An explosion in Bahrain has killed one police officer and wounded seven other people, among them a child, the country's Interior Ministry said late Friday.
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AFP: Policeman Killed And Seven People Injured in Bahrain Blast
2015-08-29
AFP: A policeman was killed and seven people, including a child, injured in an explosion Friday evening in a predominantly Shiite district of Bahrain's capital Manama, authorities said.
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Reuters: Policeman Killed by Blast in Bahrain Village
2015-08-29
Reuters: A "terrorist blast" in a Shi'ite village in Bahrain killed a policeman on Friday, the country's interior ministry said.
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Bahraini Prosecution Responds to Al-Shamlawi Over Isa's Interrogation: You did not Bother Yourself to Attend Interrogation
2015-08-29
Attorney-General Haroon Al-Zayani responded, on the behalf of the Public Prosecution, to recent statements by lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi in which he raised suspicions regarding the due process of interrogation of Al-Wefaq senior figure, Sheikh Hassan Isa, due to the lawyer's absence.
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Al-Singace Transferred to Military Hospital...CPJ Calls for His Release
2015-08-28
41 international and local human rights organizations issued urgent appeals to immediately release imprisoned blogger Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, who was transferred to the military hospital after his health deteriorated
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Amnesty Launches Urgent Appeal: Ebrahim Sharif Risks 13 Years in Prison
2015-08-28
Amnesty International launched an urgent appeal to organizations and individuals to take action in support of the prominent opposition leader, Ebrahim Sharif who risks facing up to 13 years in prison.
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Bahraini Government Leaning to Reduce Number of High-Cost Allowance Beneficiaries
2015-08-28
The Bahraini Member of Parliament Ahmed Qarata said that the government is leaning towards reducing the number of high-cost allowance beneficiaries in 2016.
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BCHR: 25 Arrests Within a Week and Anti-Shiite Tweets
2015-08-28
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that 25 arrests took place over the past week (August 17-23, 2015).
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Bahrain's SIU Summons Wife of Khorshid Fahrat Whose Nationality Has Been Revoked
2015-08-28
The Al-Wasat newspaper said that the wife of Khorshid Farhat, who was forcibly expelled from Bahrain, was summoned by Bahrain's Special Investigation Unit (SIU).