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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.
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PHOTOS: Protests Staged to Voice Solidarity with Bahraini Opposition Leaders
2016-02-29
Protestors in various villages across Bahrain expressed their solidarity with political opposition figures after the Al-Arabiya channel aired statements extracted from some of the leaders under torture.
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Bahrain’s Interior Ministry Monitors UN House in Bahrain
2016-02-28
Vice President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Yousif Al-Mohafdha, stated that Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior is monitoring the work of the United Nations House in Bahrain, considering this a clear violation of international conventions and norms.
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Bahrainis Protest against Saudi Presence in Island Kingdom
2016-02-28
Bahrain witnessed widespread protests, as Bahrainis took to the streets to express their rejection of Saudi presence in the country in preparation for the anniversary of the Saudi forces’ military intervention in Bahrain.
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Torturer Loses: FIFA Tells Salman Al Khalifa “Bye Bye”
2016-02-27
The Bahraini FIFA presidential candidate, Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, lost to the Swiss Gianni Infantino in the FIFA elections that took place in the Switzerland’s Zurich on Friday (February 27, 2016).
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US Ambassador to UN: Sentencing Ebrahim Sharif Blow to Freedom of Speech
2016-02-27
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, urged the Bahraini authorities to release the opposition leader and former Secretary-General of Wa'ad Society, Ebrahim Sharif, describing his one-year jail term as unjust.
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Malinowski: Re-arresting Sharif Contradicts Bahrain's Commitments to Reform
2016-02-27
Tom Malinowski, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, considered the rearrest of former Secretary-General of Wa'ad Society to contradict with Bahrain's commitments to reform in Bahrain.
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Bahraini Authorities Close Diraz Entrances to Prevent Worshipers from Joining Central Prayer
2016-02-27
The Bahraini security authorities blocked the entrances of Diraz village on Friday (February 26, 2016). This blockage coincided with a call by the Bahraini Shiite clerics for a central prayer at the Imam Sadiq Mosque, after Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour was summoned for interrogation.