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CPJ: US State Department should Call on Bahrain to Immediately Release Al-Singace, Al-Jaziri and Other Imprisoned Journalists
2022-03-06
CPJ said that during the US-Bahrain Strategic Dialogue, the US Secretary of State should call for the release of Abduljalil Al-Singace, Mahmoud Al-Jaziri and all other imprisoned journalists, demand accountability for Ahmed Ismail Hassan's death and call for an end to Bahrain's press freedom crackdown.
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Saudi Crown Prince Didn't See Khashoggi Important Enough to Kill: The Atlantic Magazine
2022-03-05
Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, underestimated the importance of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying he was not important enough to kill and that he'd never read a Khashoggi article in his life.
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Husain Abdullah: When it Comes to Human Rights in Bahrain, Biden's Administration Hypocrisy Appears
2022-03-04
Executive Director at Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) criticized the Biden's Administration performance on Bahrain's human rights file, saying its performance shows "hypocrisy".
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HRW: Law Reforms in Bahrain Have Done Little to Stem Abuses
2022-03-04
Bill Van Esveld, associate children's rights director at Human Rights Watch, said that law reforms announced in Bahrain have done little to stem abuses.
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Bahrain Grants US Right of Sovereignty over Its Subscribers’ Information in Cloud Computing Centers
2022-03-04
Bahrain signed six agreements on industry, logistics, information technology and space sciences with the United States during the visit of Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa to Washington, the crown prince said on Twitter on Friday.
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Urgent Letter from Detained Leaders Demanding UN Secretary-General to Immediately Interefe to Save Abduljalil Al-Singace's Life
2022-03-04
A number of detained political leaders in Bahrain issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations Secretary-General and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights asking them to intervene immediately to save the life of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, who has been on hunger strike for nearly 250 days.
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Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: Criticizing us through Media is "Terrorism", Lebanese Inetrior Minister Promises Crackdown
2022-03-03
Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities Basam Mawlawi, pledged in front of his Arab counterparts to crackdown on critics of the Gulf states, while Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa considered criticizing their policy through media outlets and seminars "terrorist acts".
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Who Received "Ericsson's" Bribes in Bahrain?
2022-03-03
A press investigation revealed confidential documents showing the involvement of the telcoms giant Ericsson in paying bribes to the terrorist ISIS organization, as well as its involvement in corruption in dozens of countries, including Bahrain.
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Bu Keshma: It's Only Getting Worse for Bahrainis
2022-03-02
Bahraini citizens, specifically loyalists, wonder: "Why has the so-called National Day become a holiday for all foreign communities in Bahrain where they celebrate and dance in the streets, while the streets are almost devoid of Bahrainis, who have become strangers in their homeland?"
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Second Strategic Dialogue between Bahrain and US Launched
2022-03-01
The US Department of State said (February 28, 2022) that Secretary of State Antony Blinken launched the second virtual dialogue of the U.S.-Bahrain Strategic Dialogue in the presence of his Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif Al-Zayani.
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Fadeela Abdulrasoul Released after 15 Days in Detention
2022-03-01
The Bahraini authorities released on Monday (February 28, 2022) Fadeela Abdulrasoul after 15 days in detention, but her husband, Sayed Radi Mousa Al-Alawi, and his brother, Sayed Jaafar, are still detained.
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Prison Sentences Reaching 15 Years against 4 Detainees, including Two children
2022-02-28
The High Criminal Court issued on Monday (February 27, 2022) prison sentences against two youths who are less than 18 years old.
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Bahrain Says All options are Open to Privatizing Oil and Gas Sectors, including Selling Stakes
2022-02-28
Bahrain is considering hiring consultants to help sell stakes in some oil and gas assets, as it looks to open the sector to foreign investment for the first time in decades, Bloomberg reported.
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Fatima Kassim: Why is Bahrain a Strategic Stage for Countering Iran?
2022-02-25
The Kippah is a religious and traditional Jewish skullcap that the most extreme, fanatical and hostile Zionists opt to wear. That's why the Israeli prime minister and the far-rightist (Naftali Bennett) straut around wearing it, as Bennett is known for his hardline Jewish views.
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Father of Political Detainee Hasan Maki Dies, Calls Made for Allowing Him to Attend Burial Ceremony
2022-02-25
Haj Maki Hasan Maki, father of political detainee, Hasan Maki Hasan, from Saar, died today (Thursday, February 24, 2022), five months after the death of his wife (Hasan's mother).
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Interior Ministry Undersecretary: We Don't Allow "Intruders" to Use HR to Harm Bahrain, Did He Mean US Embassy?
2022-02-25
Interior Ministry Undersecretary Nasser bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa called for not allowing who called "intruders" who exploit human rights principles to harm the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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Al-Wefaq: Over 200 HR Violations on Anniversary of Feb. 14 Uprising, Including 28 Arrests and Dozens of Raids
2022-02-25
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society monitored more than 200 human rights violations in the second and third weeks of February.
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NGOs Call on Interpol to Reform "Red Notice" System following Extradition of Ahmed Jaafar to Bahrain
2022-02-25
A number of human rights pressure groups, including Fair Trials, Human Rights Watch and BIRD, have called on international policing agency Interpol to reform the way it handles ‘Red Notice' requests, following the recent extradition of Bahraini dissident Ahmed Jaafar Mohammed Ali from Serbia to Bahrain.
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Judge of Afghan Origins Issues 10-Year Jail Term against Bahraini Child, 15-Year Jail term against His Elder Brother
2022-02-24
The Fourth High Criminal Court, presided over by judge Badr Abdullatif Al Abdalla, issued a 10-year jail term against child Habib Jassim, 17, and a 15-year jail term against his brother, Mohammad Jassim Habib Jassim, 28.
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Agreement to Link Bahrain and UAE Communications Network with Israeli
2022-02-23
Two UAE and Israeli companies have begun an agreement to link the communications network between the two countries and Bahrain, as part of accelerating the ongoing normalization process.