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HRW Executive Director Tirana Hasan Continues Her Condemnation to Bahrain Via Twitter
2023-03-11
Tirana Hassan, Human Rights Watch's acting executive director, published a series of tweets through which she condemned Bahrain over its human rights record and the visa cancellation of two Human Rights representatives, who were intending to attend the inter-parliamentary 146th assembly.
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BPA: Bahraini Gov't Carries Out Arbitrary Arrests, Investigations against Activists Coinciding with IPU Assembly
2023-03-11
The Bahrain Press Association (BPA) condemned the authorities' arrest of 4 citizens who are active on social media outlets, including lawyer Ibrahim Al-Mannai, Kassim Al-Hujairi, Ali Hassan and Ibrahim Khalil, coinciding with the 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly in Manama.
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Bahrain Condemns Tel Aviv Operation, Dubs it "Terrorist"
2023-03-11
Bahrain has condemned the terrorist attack that took place yesterday in the city of Tel Aviv, which injured a number of Israelis.
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Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi: "Ibrahimism" Slogan Has Nothing to Do with Religion Rapprochement, But Objectives Created in Politics Factories
2023-03-11
Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi warned that the "Ibrahimism" slogan related to the normalizing "Abraham Accords" with the Zionist occupation entity, is "a slogan that internalizes goals that have nothing to do with the rapprochement of religions" but rather "goals engineered in the factories of politics."
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Al-Wefaq: Saudi-Iranian Agreement Strategically Important to the Region
2023-03-11
The largest opposition party in Bahrain, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has welcomed the recent agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore diplomatic relations and establish embassies within two months.
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HRW: Preventing Us from Attending IPU conference is Blatant Example of Bahrain's Escalating Repression
2023-03-10
Human Rights Watch condemned the Bahraini authorities' revoking of the entry visas of two Human Rights Watch staff members to attend the 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, although the organization holds permanent observer status with the IPU.
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Ahead of IPU Conference, Bahrain Arrests Two Citizens, Punishes Others for Using Social Media Outlets
2023-03-10
The Public Prosecution ordered the detention of two citizens for seven days and replaced the detention of other citizens with an "alternative measure" for allegedly "misusing social media outlets".
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Former MP and Prisoner Hasan Isa Starts Hunger Strike to Warn IPU Assembly of Deteriorating HR Situation in Bahrain
2023-03-10
Former MP and prisoner Sheikh Hasan Isa has started a hunger strike to draw the attention of participants at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference to the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain.
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127 HR Networks and Organizations Call on IPU Participants to Raise HR Issues in Bahrain
2023-03-09
127 human rights networks and organizations issued a joint statement on the eve of the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Manama on March 11, 2023, expressing their "grave concern over the continued deterioration of the human rights situation in Bahrain."
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Bahrain Prevents Two HRW Representatives from Attending IPU Conference
2023-03-09
The Bahraini government denied entry to two delegates representing Human Rights Watch, an observer organization within the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and withdrew their visas that it had granted them.
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Zionist Knesset Delegation to Visit Bahrain, Take Part in IPU to Incite against Iran and Palestine
2023-03-09
An official Knesset delegation led by MK Danny Dannon will take off for Bahrain Thursday for the first time since the Abraham accords. The delegation will participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference to incite against Iran and the Palestinian resistance.
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Lawyer Al-Mannai's Tweet on IPU Meetings Leads Him to Prison
2023-03-09
The Bahraini authorities arrested yesterday lawyer Ibrahim Al-Mannai, an activist in expressing his views on Twitter.
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Jaffaria Endowments Publishes Misleading News on Receiving Ownership Documents of 100 Endowments "Months Ago"
2023-03-09
Yusuf bin Saleh Al-Saleh, Chairman of the Jaffaria Endowments Council, said that "the administration has completed the procedures for documenting 100 endowments and receiving their ownership documents during the past months."
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On International Women's Day, Salam Calls on Bahrain to Stop Discrimination against Women in High-Level Positions
2023-03-09
SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights called on the Bahraini government to implement reforms to eliminate gender discrimination in all areas where women still lack fundamental rights.
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Interior Ministry Arrests Four for Misusing Social Media, Refers them to Public Prosecution
2023-03-09
The Interior Ministry announced the arrest of four for misusing social media, stressing that they will be referred to the Public Prosecution.
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Sheikh Isa Qassim: Has Israel become the Most Knowledgeable in Our Language and Religion to Involve it in our Education Curricula?
2023-03-07
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim strongly denounced the Bahraini regime's use of Zionists to develop the Arabic language and Islamic curricula.
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22 HR NGOs to IPU: Don't Allow Bahrain to Use You to Whitewash Its Dismal Rights Record
2023-03-07
22 human rights organizations sent a letter to representatives of the 146th IPU Assembly scheduled to take place in Bahrain from 11-15 March, 2023, urging them to publicly raise concerns regarding the dire state of political freedom in Bahrain, including the ongoing detention of two former members of Bahrain's parliament.
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Again... Regime Arrests Fadeela Abdulrasoul, Her Husband and Brother-in-Law after Resumption of Trial
2023-03-06
The Bahraini authorities arrested Fadeela Abdulrasoul, her husband Sayed Radhi Al-Alawi and his brother Sayed Jaafar Al-Alawi, after the resumption of their trail, as they were presented on Monday (March 6, 2023) to the Appeals Court to consider the Public Prosecution's appeal against the acquittal of the three.
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Jamal Fakhro: Countries Participating in IPU Meetings in Bahrain to Cover their Own Expenses
2023-03-06
First Deputy Chairman of the Shura Council, Chairman of national organizing committee of 146th IPU Assembly, Jamal Fakhro affirmed that the meetings of what he called "the largest conference in the history of Bahrain" will be at the expense of the representatives of the participating countries and not on the host country, Bahrain.
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Authorities Arrest 4 Individuals for Protesting F1 Race Despite F1 CEO Assurance that Protesting Race won't Result in Reprisals
2023-03-06
Four people were arrested near the Bahrain Grand Prix in Manama. The four were arrested over their peaceful protests and demanding the release of political prisoners, although F1 assured that protesting the race will not result in reprisals.