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Editorial: Prison Is a Coronavirus Target and Political Prisoners Are Country's Immunity
2020-04-11
Coronavirus is changing the whole world. It is said that once this virus ends, the world won't be the same anymore. Those behind bars in Bahrain are victims of the pre-Coronavirus world. There is no political meaning for even keeping them imprisoned, as this only exhausts the government at a time when it needs to lift its burdens.
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MP Kaltham Al-Haiki Calls on Authorities to Address Prisoners Issue to Avoid Potential Catastrophe in Case of Coronavirus Outbreak
2020-04-10
MP Kaltham Al-Haiki called on the concerned parties, various associations and civil society actors and members of the legislative authority to address the issue of prisoners and detainees in this exceptional and sensitive circumstance with a humane perspective, free from any political or regional considerations or procedural complications, as "the situation we are going through is an emergent and difficult situation that we and the world have never experienced."
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Is it Time to Empty Bahraini Prisons of Political Prisoners?
2020-04-10
Bahraini activists continue to call for the release of the largest number of political detainees and prisoners of conscience amid the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the world. They are pushing the authorities to empty Bahraini prisons of political prisoners in light of the worrying situation.
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Coronavirus: Is It Time to Release Prisoners to Avoid Epidemic Outbreak? BBC
2020-04-10
At a time several countries in the Middle East responded to the repeated calls launched by the international and local human rights organizations to release prisoners, in order to avoid the Coronavirus outbreak, other states have not yet responded.
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Interior Ministry Takes Retaliatory Measure against Imprisoned Journalist Al-Jaziri after Revealing Falsity of Maria Khoury Report
2020-04-10
Bahraini Ministry of Interior took retaliatory measure against imprisoned journalist Mahmoud Al-Jaziri on (April 8, 2020) and transferred him to solitary confinement.
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Protecting Lives of Prisoners Priority, Not Punishing them
2020-04-09
At a time several countries have made decisions releasing prisoners due to fear of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in prisons, the authorities in Bahrain are being very strict and stubborn in not releasing political prisoners.
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Bahrainis Launch Campaign on Twitter Demanding Release of Political Prisoners before COVID-19 Takes Over
2020-04-07
Bahrainis voiced an urgent appeal via Twitter demanding the authorities in Manama to release political prisoners to save them from the risk of contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
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21 NGOs Demand Release of Imprisoned Activists in Bahrain
2020-04-07
Amid the global threat posed by COVID-19, Bahraini authorities should release human rights defenders, opposition activists, journalists and all others imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and association, a coalition of 21 rights groups said.
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Bahrain Clerics Urge Releasing Prisoners before Coronavirus Invades Prison
2020-04-05
A number of Shiite religious scholars in Bahrain issued a statement stressing on the "necessity to release prisoners of conscience in Bahrain before this virus invades the prison." They warned of the consequences of the authorities' disregard for the call launched by Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim to release political prisoners.
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Where Did the Government of Bahrain Fail in the Coronavirus Issue?
2020-04-04
December 12, 2019 was the globally adopted date marking the discovery of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), which since has exhausted the world with its fast spreading and painful economic and humanitarian effects.
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Draft Bill Proposed by Gov't to Parliament Abolishing Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment for Individuals under 18
2020-04-04
The Parliament will soon discuss a draft bill proposed by the government on the Youth Criminal Justice Act. One of the most prominent articles mentioned in the draft states that if the offence is punishable by death, it is reduced to temporary imprisonment or at least one-year prison term.
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Sheikh Al-Daihi Stresses Importance of Releasing Prisoners in Bahrain
2020-04-04
Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, stressed on the importance of the call launched by Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim to release the political prisoners, in order to protect their souls in the light of the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Jaw Prison Inmates Announce Support for Ayatollah Qassim's Statement
2020-04-03
A group of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Jaw Central prison issued a statement expressing their support for the statement issued by Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Thursday (April 2, 2020) and appealed to the international community.
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BCHR Launches Appeal to Release Prisoner Suffering from Psychological Outbreaks
2020-04-03
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) called on the Bahraini authorities to immediately release prisoner Sadiq Marhoon (31 years), who suffers from psychological outbreaks after spending 11 years in prison, and to provide medical care for prisoners.
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ACLED Publishes New Data about Bahrain Events until 2020
2020-03-24
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) published on its website the data it gathered about Bahrain's events from 2016 to 2020.
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UAE: Prisoners with HIV Vulnerable to Coronavirus
2020-03-20
Emirati prison authorities should consider the conditional and appropriate release of prisoners living with HIV who have been denied regular access to lifesaving medication as the number of COVID-19 cases in the UAE increases, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Political Prisoners Account for 17% of the 1490 Released Prisoners
2020-03-19
Bahrain Center for Human Rights said that the authorities released 260 political prisoners within the royal decree that pardoned1490 prisoners "for humanitarian reasons amid the current circumstances".
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Who Killed Martyr Kadhem Al-Sehlawi?
2020-02-11
“I want them to return my son as healthy as they took him,” said the mother of cancer victim Sayed Kadhem Abbas Al-Sehlawi (23) when he was released in 2018, after his health condition sharply deteriorated.
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Historian Jassim Al-Abbas's Crime: Documenting "Non-Official" History
2020-02-07
This is what Bahrain has come to. Searching Bahrain's ancient history and presenting a narrative not accepted by the authorities has become a crime punishable by law. The Public Prosecution ordered the arrest of Bahraini historian Jassim Al-Abbas detaining him for 7 days pending investigation over the charge of publishing false information about a historical incident. Al-Abbas was taken into custody after he was summoned for interrogation on January 30, 2020.
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No Alternative Penalties for Sick Prisoners
2020-01-30
The campaign entitled #Sick_Prisoners_in_Bahrain prompted families in the island kingdom to speak out about the sufferings of their ailing sons behind bars. The campaign revealed the large amount of ignored cases of poor health conditions that are increasing in terms of number and severity among political prisoners. Families tweeted with pain, concern and cries for help.