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Bahraini Citizen Resorts to France after Being Tortured in Police Station
2018-01-05
A Bahraini citizen resorted on (December 13, 2017) to France after being tortured and sexually harassed in a police station.
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British Minister Answers Questions about UK policy towards Bahrain
2017-11-09
British Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, responded on Tuesday (November 7, 2017) to Lord Scriven's questions about human rights and government policies towards Bahrain.
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Amnesty International Says Ebtisam Al-Sayegh Still at Risk of Detention
2017-11-08
Amnesty International called for urgent action, demanding that all charges raised against human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Sayegh be dropped, noting that she remains at risk of detention.
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Activists Ask US to Suspend Bahrain Prince's Diplomatic Visa
2017-11-02
Activists on Wednesday asked the United States to suspend a diplomatic visa for a Bahrain prince over allegations that he tortured prisoners during the island kingdom's 2011 Arab Spring protests.
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HR Org. Bahrain Convicts Activist's Family Members
2017-10-31
A Bahrain court sentenced three family members of a prominent activist to jail terms on weapons charges on Monday, rights group the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said and accused authorities of using torture to extract confessions.
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AFP: Five Bahraini Women Detainees on Hunger Strike
2017-10-28
Five Bahraini female political prisoners have gone on hunger strike to protest against ill-treatment and a glass barrier that prevents contact with visitors, a rights group said Friday.
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Bahrain’s Premier Restructures High Human Rights Coordination Committee
2017-10-26
The Bahraini Prime Minister, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, issued Edict 31/2017 restructuring the High Human Rights Coordination Committee.
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GIDHR Issues its 13th HR Newsletter: Violations in Ashura Continued
2017-10-19
Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) issued its 13th human rights newsletter that monitors human rights violations in Bahrain and Gulf states.
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The Guardian: Bahrain is Buying Arms in London – and My Family is Paying the Price
2017-10-16
Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of advocacy at Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy in London, published an article in “The Guardian” newspaper in which he said that his family is paying the price while Bahrain is buying arms in London.
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Reuters: Lawyers Accuse UK-Backed Bahrain Watchdogs over Torture Inquiry
2017-10-06
A group of British human rights lawyers have accused Bahraini oversight bodies funded by Britain’s government of violating international law by allegedly failing to investigate torture allegations against two inmates on death row.
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UN Says Bahrain among Countries that Committed Reprisals against Activists Attempting Cooperation with HRC
2017-09-22
A major report by the United Nations Human Rights Office (HRO) listed Bahrain as one of the countries targeting activists cooperating with the United Nations, along with group of countries including Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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Amnesty International: Saudi Arabia Arrests Two Rights Campaigners
2017-09-20
Saudi Arabia arrested two rights campaigners, an international human-rights group said on Monday, in what it called a drive by the kingdom's rulers to crush the country's human rights movement.
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Bahrain says High Commissioner's Statement “Lacks Credibility”
2017-09-12
Assistant Foreign Minister of Bahrain and head of the Bahraini government’s delegation in Geneva Abdullah Al-Dosari, described the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Bin Raad’s statement as “lacking credibility”.
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British Foreign Office Spokesman: We Will Examine Amnesty Int’l Report on Bahrain
2017-09-12
British Foreign Office spokesman Edwin Samuel said his government would examine the Amnesty International report, which said that the silence of Britain and the US contributed to the increase in human rights violations in Bahrain.
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Bahrain's Foreign Ministry: Amnesty Int’l Report Not Based on Facts or Evidence, Lacks Professionalism & Objectivity
2017-09-08
The Bahraini Foreign Ministry deplored the “erroneous information and inaccuracies” found in the Amnesty International report, stressing that the report was based on neither facts nor evidence.
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Amnesty Issues Detailed Report about Bahrain: No One Can Protect You
2017-09-07
Amnesty International issued on Thursday (September 7, 2017) a detailed report about human rights conditions in Bahrain in which it indicated to the serious violations practiced by the authorities against their critics.
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Bahrain Denies Use of Torture in NSA: Part of Historic Qatari Conspiracy against Bahrain
2017-08-24
Commenting on the report issued by 3 human rights organizations that confirmed that the National Security Agency (NSA) uses systematic torture, the security authorities in Bahrain said on Wednesday (August 23, 2017) that they are not engaged in torture.
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Bahrain Rights Groups Accuse National Security Agency of torture
2017-08-23
Three Bahraini human rights groups accused the Gulf Arab monarchy's National Security Agency on Tuesday of systematic use of torture, and a security official said it would investigate their allegations.
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Observatory for the Protection of HR Defenders Urges Bahrain to Immediately & Unconditionally Release Nabeel Rajab
2017-08-14
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders denounced the continued arbitrary detention of Nabeel Rajab, which seems to be yet another evidence of a long-standing pattern of harassment against him to sanction his legitimate human rights activity.
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Bahrain’s National Security Summons around 40 Activists, who were All Subjected to Torture & Ill-treatment
2017-08-09
National Security Apparatus (NSA) summoned about 40 human rights defenders and political activists for interrogation.