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A Beggar Regime: What’s Expected of the $10 Billion Gulf Aid?
2018-10-20
The Bahraini regime's plan went well as it managed to get $10 billion dollars in Gulf support. This support is sufficient to cover the “regime’s deficit” over the next five years. We, as Bahrainis, wish this, but we do not trust that the regime will behave well.
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Saudi Arabia Says Journalist Khashoggi Died after Fight in Consulate
2018-10-20
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday preliminary results of investigations showed U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul after a fight with people he met there, state media reported.
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U.N. Secretary-General “Deeply Troubled” by Saudi Journalist's Death
2018-10-20
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply troubled” by the confirmation by Riyadh of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death, a United Nations spokesman said on Friday.
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White House Calls for Justice in Khashoggi Case, Lawmakers Criticize Saudi Statement
2018-10-20
The White House said on Friday it would press for justice after Saudi Arabia announced that journalist Jamal Khashoggi had died in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul and that 18 Saudis had been arrested in connection with his death.
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Senator Graham Says he's Skeptical of Saudi Explanation on Khashoggi
2018-10-20
Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been sharply critical of Saudi Arabia after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said on Friday he was highly skeptical of the Saudi explanation for Khashoggi’s death.
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Detainee Hani Marhoun: NIHR Ignores my Appeals regarding Torture since over a Year
2018-10-19
Detainee Hani Ahmad Isa Marhoun announced starting a hunger strike in order to put an end to what he called "all violations and breaches in Bahraini prisons".
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Al-Watan Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Sentenced to One Month in Jail over Charge of Insulting Former MP Anas Buhendi
2018-10-19
The Second High Criminal Court sentenced Al-Watan newspaper's editor-in-chief, Youssef Al-Binkhalil, to one month in jail while suspending the execution of the sentence with 100 BD bail, and replaced it with an alternative manual work penalty, in the case raised against him by the former MP Anas Buhendi over slander charges.
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UK Says any Response over Khashoggi Case would be “Considered”
2018-10-19
Reuters: British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Friday that allegations regarding the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi would be totally unacceptable if true but any response by Britain would be "considered".
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Turkey Says It has not Shared Khashoggi Audio with Anyone
2018-10-19
Turkey has not shared audio recordings said to document the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, its foreign minister said on Friday, dismissing reports it had passed them on to the United States.
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Saudi Allegiance Commission Secretly Met to Choose Deputy Crown Prince
2018-10-19
Allegiance Commission has secretly met to choose a deputy Crown Prince, Le Figaro newspaper reported.
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BFHR Annual Report: 13788 Bahrainis Arrested since 2011, 2165 Violations Recorded in 2017
2018-10-19
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) issued its annual report, entitled " Chased without Protection: Silence, or Prison, Death, and Deportation” in which it monitored the human rights situation in Bahrain during 2017.
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Head of Ras Rumman obsequy Referred to Trial
2018-10-19
The Bahraini Public Prosecution referred Head of Ras Rumman obsequy Shaker Al-Majed and eulogy reciter Sayed Mahmoud Al-Wadaie to trial after accusing them of charges related to commemorating Ashura occasion. Human rights sources confirmed that the two were referred to the high criminal court about 2 weeks following their arrest.
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Hmoud bin Abdullah Al Khalifa Presents his Credentials to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in Riyadh
2018-10-19
Hmoud bin Abdullah Al Khalifa presented his credentials to President of the Republic of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi as Riyadh-based Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Republic of Yemen.
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CNN: Mike Pompeo Told Mohammed bin Salman “his Future as King is at Stake”
2018-10-19
US the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his last visit to Riyadh that "his future as king is at stake".
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Saudi Arabia Plans to Blame Ahmed Al-Assiri for Jamal Khashoggi Killing: The New York Time
2018-10-19
"The New York Times" newspaper said that the rulers of Saudi Arabia are considering blaming a top intelligence official close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, three people with knowledge of the Saudi plans said Thursday.
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U.S. Spy Agencies are Increasingly Convinced of Saudi Prince’s Ties to Journalist’s Disappearance
2018-10-19
American intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is culpable in the killing of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the New York Times reported.
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UK, French, Dutch Ministers Shun Saudi Conference over Khashoggi
2018-10-19
Senior ministers from Britain, France and the Netherlands on Thursday pulled out of a major investment conference in Saudi Arabia, expressing deep concern over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Trump Says Saudi Journalist likely Dead, Warns of “Severe” Response
2018-10-19
President Donald Trump said Thursday he now believes journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and warned of "very severe" consequences should Saudi Arabia be proven responsible.
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Oil Output from Saudi, Kuwait Shared Zone on Hold as Relations Sour
2018-10-19
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will struggle to resume oil production from jointly operated fields any time soon due to operational differences and souring political ties between the previously close Gulf OPEC allies, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Turkish Police Search Forest, Coastal City for Journalist's Remains
2018-10-19
Turkish police are searching a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul and a city near the Sea of Marmara for remains of a Saudi dissident journalist who disappeared two weeks ago after entering the Saudi consulate, two Turkish officials said.