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255 Media Materials that Incite Hatred Documented in September: BFHR
2017-10-07
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that it documented in September 255 media materials and messages that incite or help to incite hatred, by following the publications of 4 official Bahraini newspapers and 166 accounts on social media outlets.
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US Approves Possible $15 Billion Sale of THAAD Missiles to Saudi Arabia
2017-10-07
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of a THAAD anti-missile defence system to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $15 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday, citing Iran among regional threats.
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Professor at University of Bahrain Mocks Shia Twelfth Imam
2017-10-07
Bahraini citizens denounced the insulting and derogatory remarks made by the Syrian Assistant Professor in the Arabic Language Department at the University of Bahrain, Dr. Munther Al-Ayashi, against the twelfth Imam of Muslim Shiites.
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Court Upholds 6-Year Prison Sentence against Kalashnikov Owner who Exchanged Weapon with 13 grams of “Ice”
2017-10-07
A 34-year-old man, known was arrested in an ambush as he was exchanging a Kalashnikov assault rifle for 13 grams of the drug known as Ice (meth).
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Gulf Air Offers to Sell and Lease 6 Aircraft
2017-10-07
The tender board opened its meeting yesterday on Thursday (October 5, 2017) with 82 bids for 14 tenders submitted by 12 government agencies. The total value of bids received was 2.8 million dinars.
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“Amwaj Gate” Up for Auction at End of October
2017-10-07
The Stalled Projects Development Committee in Bahrain decided to hold a meeting for putting up the Amwaj Gate project for auction on October 31, 2017, setting an initial price of 36 million dinars.
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Prosecution Charges 4 Suspects Accused of Diraz Blast with Deliberate Murder
2017-10-06
The Deputy Prosecutor in the Anti-Terror Crime Prosecution, Khalid Al Tameemi, said that the Public Prosecution has completed the investigations into a terrorist explosion that killed one policemen and injured two others in Diraz on June 18.
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Bahrain: Number of Detained Children from Diraz Mounts to 4
2017-10-06
The number of children arrested from Diraz reached 4, after the security authorities arrested Ali Abdullah Joma’a, activists stressed.
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Photos: Largest Shiite Friday Prayers in Diraz Banned for 64th Consecutive Week
2017-10-06
Security authorities in Bahrain continued their siege on Diraz village and continued preventing the country's Shiite majority from holding their largest Friday prayers for the 64th consecutive week.
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US Military Halts Exercises over Qatar Crisis
2017-10-06
The U.S. military has halted some exercises with its Gulf Arab allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting Qatar, trying to use its influence to end the monthslong dispute, authorities told The Associated Press on Friday.
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UN Blacklists Saudi-Led Coalition for Killing Children in Yemen
2017-10-06
The United Nations blacklisted a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition on Thursday for killing and injuring 683 children in Yemen and attacking dozens of schools and hospitals in 2016, even as it said the coalition had taken action to improve child protection.
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Saudi Arabia Says it Dismantles Islamic State Cell in Riyadh
2017-10-06
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it had dismantled an Islamic State cell in the capital Riyadh, in connection with a plot to launch a suicide attack on the defense ministry.
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Fawaz bin Mohammed Attends British Conservative Party Conference
2017-10-06
Bahraini Ambassador to the United Kingdom Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and Deputy Head of the Mission Hussain Mohammed Alam attended the annual conference of the ruling British Conservative Party which convened in Manchester, between 1 and 4 October.
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Bahrain Embassy in Washington Offers Condolences to Bassiouni Family
2017-10-06
Bahrain embassy in the USA extended condolences to the family of Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, the Chairman of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), who died at the age of 79, after struggle with illness in Chicago.
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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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Parliamentary Suggestion Forcing Merchants to Pay Zakat
2017-10-05
A Bahraini MP presented a suggestion binding merchants pay to the Zakat Fund or provide proof that they distributed it in the eight deserved categories mentioned in the Qur'an.
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Case of 60 Suspects Accused of Smuggling Detainees from Jaw Prison Postponed
2017-10-05
The Fourth High Criminal Court decided to postpone a case that included 60 suspects, accused of smuggling prisoners from Jaw Central Prison, to October 17, in order to listen to the testimonies of the attesting witnesses.
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2 Defendants Accused of Training on Use of Weapons at Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison, Revoked of Citizenships
2017-10-05
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced two defendants to five years in prison and revoked their citizenships for training on firearms and explosives in one of Iran's Revolutionary Guard camps, and acquiring weapons without a license.
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Royal Order Calling Council of Representatives and Shura Council to Convene on Oct. 8
2017-10-05
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 58/2017 calling the Council of Representatives and the Shura Council to convene.
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Saudi King Arrives in Moscow: Russian State TV
2017-10-05
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian state television footage showed.