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Old Habits Die Hard: Arrest Campaigns in Bahrain One Day Before IPU Session
2023-03-09
One day away from hosting the meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the authorities in Bahrain are launching new arrest campaigns against activists on social media, among whom lawyer Ibrahim Al-Mannai is known so far, as well as the owner of the "Bahrani_Life" page on Instagram.
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127 HR Networks and Organizations Call on IPU Participants to Raise HR Issues in Bahrain
2023-03-09
127 human rights networks and organizations issued a joint statement on the eve of the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Manama on March 11, 2023, expressing their "grave concern over the continued deterioration of the human rights situation in Bahrain."
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Bahrain Prevents Two HRW Representatives from Attending IPU Conference
2023-03-09
The Bahraini government denied entry to two delegates representing Human Rights Watch, an observer organization within the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and withdrew their visas that it had granted them.
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Zionist Knesset Delegation to Visit Bahrain, Take Part in IPU to Incite against Iran and Palestine
2023-03-09
An official Knesset delegation led by MK Danny Dannon will take off for Bahrain Thursday for the first time since the Abraham accords. The delegation will participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference to incite against Iran and the Palestinian resistance.
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National Organizing Committee Chairman of IPU Session in Bahrain Never Been Elected in His Life
2023-03-09
Why did the Bahraini government hand over the chairmanship of the National Organizing Committee for the 146th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly to the Shura Council, which is appointed by the King, and not to the nominally elected parliament?
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Lawyer Al-Mannai's Tweet on IPU Meetings Leads Him to Prison
2023-03-09
The Bahraini authorities arrested yesterday lawyer Ibrahim Al-Mannai, an activist in expressing his views on Twitter.
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Jaffaria Endowments Publishes Misleading News on Receiving Ownership Documents of 100 Endowments "Months Ago"
2023-03-09
Yusuf bin Saleh Al-Saleh, Chairman of the Jaffaria Endowments Council, said that "the administration has completed the procedures for documenting 100 endowments and receiving their ownership documents during the past months."
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On International Women's Day, Salam Calls on Bahrain to Stop Discrimination against Women in High-Level Positions
2023-03-09
SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights called on the Bahraini government to implement reforms to eliminate gender discrimination in all areas where women still lack fundamental rights.
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Interior Ministry Arrests Four for Misusing Social Media, Refers them to Public Prosecution
2023-03-09
The Interior Ministry announced the arrest of four for misusing social media, stressing that they will be referred to the Public Prosecution.
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Inter-Parliamentary Union in Bahrain New Attempt to Whitewash Violations Says Former MP
2023-03-08
Bahrain will host an international parliamentary meeting from 11 until 15 March in a new attempt to promote the country's ruling system, as the 146th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is to be held in Manama.
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Sheikh Isa Qassim: Has Israel become the Most Knowledgeable in Our Language and Religion to Involve it in our Education Curricula?
2023-03-07
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim strongly denounced the Bahraini regime's use of Zionists to develop the Arabic language and Islamic curricula.
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22 HR NGOs to IPU: Don't Allow Bahrain to Use You to Whitewash Its Dismal Rights Record
2023-03-07
22 human rights organizations sent a letter to representatives of the 146th IPU Assembly scheduled to take place in Bahrain from 11-15 March, 2023, urging them to publicly raise concerns regarding the dire state of political freedom in Bahrain, including the ongoing detention of two former members of Bahrain's parliament.
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Ruling Family in Bahrain Even Steals Cemeteries
2023-03-06
Bahrain suffers from issues that are not quite similar to any of those found in other conflict zones in the world, as the ruling family has allowed itself to take control over everything, even endowments and cemeteries.
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Again... Regime Arrests Fadeela Abdulrasoul, Her Husband and Brother-in-Law after Resumption of Trial
2023-03-06
The Bahraini authorities arrested Fadeela Abdulrasoul, her husband Sayed Radhi Al-Alawi and his brother Sayed Jaafar Al-Alawi, after the resumption of their trail, as they were presented on Monday (March 6, 2023) to the Appeals Court to consider the Public Prosecution's appeal against the acquittal of the three.
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Jamal Fakhro: Countries Participating in IPU Meetings in Bahrain to Cover their Own Expenses
2023-03-06
First Deputy Chairman of the Shura Council, Chairman of national organizing committee of 146th IPU Assembly, Jamal Fakhro affirmed that the meetings of what he called "the largest conference in the history of Bahrain" will be at the expense of the representatives of the participating countries and not on the host country, Bahrain.
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Authorities Arrest 4 Individuals for Protesting F1 Race Despite F1 CEO Assurance that Protesting Race won't Result in Reprisals
2023-03-06
Four people were arrested near the Bahrain Grand Prix in Manama. The four were arrested over their peaceful protests and demanding the release of political prisoners, although F1 assured that protesting the race will not result in reprisals.
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Final Account Rejected: Finance Ministry's Trick and Transfer of Hundreds of Millions to Private Accounts
2023-03-06
he Finance Committee of the House of Representatives in Bahrain recommended not to approve the final account of the state for the year 2021, which includes all amounts of actual expenditures and revenues for that fiscal year.
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Did Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Really Win the "Endurance World Championship" or Is It All Fake?
2023-03-06
t was not a coincidence that the son of the King of Bahrain, Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, was announced as the winner of the "World Endurance Championship" held in the UAE on Saturday, February 25, 2023, after two Emirati riders who beat him were pulled from the final race.
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Al-Wefaq Report on "Restrictive Political Environment in Bahrain": Regime Prevented Political work, Committed Various Violations
2023-03-06
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society launched on Saturday, March 4, 2023, a report entitled "Restrictive Political Environment in Bahrain," in which it shed light on the political and human rights situation in Bahrain, with the approach of the IPU meetings convening in Bahrain from 11 to 15 March 2023 in Manama.
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3 Bahraini Societies Call on Government to Open New Horizons to Achieve People's Demands
2023-03-06
The Nationalist Democratic Society, Al-Menbar and the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Al-Wahdawi) called on the government to "open positive horizons to achieve the legitimate demands of the people.