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Bahrain: Witnesses Against the Ministry of Interior Face Unknown Destiny
2015-05-12
Witnesses who gave statements against the ministry of interior face an unknown fate. The Bahraini regime arrests, tortures and even kills the witnesses in the murdering cases to hide the truth from the public. On the other hand, it acquits the murders.
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US Commission on International Religious Freedom: Continuous Abuses Against Shiites in Bahrain
2015-05-06
Bahrain Mirror: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom confirmed that Shi’a Muslims continued to be detained and arrested arbitrarily. The commission urged US government to press on the Bahraini government to implement fully the BICI recommendations
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Bahrain’s Authorities Arrest One of the Defence Witnesses in Sheikh Ali Salman Trial
2015-05-06
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini security authorities arrested, on Friday, May 1, 2015, the member of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Abdullah Al-Saba’, from the exit of King Fahd Causeway that connects Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.
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British Lawyer Abigail Bach: Bahrain violates international conventions and there is a mechanism in Britain that enables stateless people to obtain legal rights there
2015-05-01
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): On the sidelines of the Fourth International Human Rights Conference, entitled: (Bahrain: Absence of Justice and Breach of International Commitments), which was held by Bahrain Forum for Human Rights and its main partners, Bahrain Mirror interviewed the British human rights defender and lawyer Abigail Bach. Bach discussed the situation of "stateless Bahrainis", who have been stripped of their nationalities "because of their political views and critical statements of the human rights violations committed by the Bahraini authorities".
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Iran Expresses Concern over Extension of Bahrain's Opposition Leader Sheikh Ali Salman's Detention
2015-04-26
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham expressed concern over the extension of Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman's imprisonment, stressing that "these procedures will not help settling the problems in Bahrain."
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Sheikh Ali Salman's Lawyer Says Court Prevented him from Presenting Evidence of his Innocence
2015-04-26
Jalila Al-Sayed, member of Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman's defense panel, stated on Thursday (April 23, 2015) that the court refused the panel's request to show videos containing recordings of the speeches of which the charges against Salman were based on.
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Detention of Al-Wefaq Secretary-General extended until May 20
2015-04-24
Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court on Wednesday (April 22, 2015) decided to extend the detention of Sheikh Ali Salman, postponing his trial until May 20, 2015. It was the fourth trial hearing since his arrest at the end of last year.
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Khalil Al Marzooq to “Bahrain Mirror”: the charges raised against Sh. Ali Salman mean that the political action has become incriminated in Bahrain
2015-02-03
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Khalil Al Marzooq, a prominent leader of Al Wefaq, said that the charges raised against Al Wefaq's secretary general mean that "demanding reform has become incriminated" and that demanding rights "is a punishable action in the eyes of the authority", indicating that this matter will steer the country towards a critical situation.
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Al-Wefaq Secretary General on the evening prior to his trial: I stated my demands directly to the King.. I am ready to spend my whole life as a prisoner
2015-01-28
Bahrain Mirror (exclusive): Sheikh Ali Salman, the Secretary General of Al-Wefaq the main opposition group, said on the evening prior to his trial tomorrow (Wednesday, January 28, 2015) that the investigations conducted with him were related to the demands he presented in front of the the King and his Crown Prince.
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The terrorism of Bahraini security: Carrying Sheikh Ali Salman’s photo means death
2015-01-25
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): What was this peaceful youth doing other than holding a photo? He was standing completely unarmed in front of an armored vehicle, which was garrisoned of everything but its savage desires of killing.
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Sheikh Salman’s last interview before his arrest: Bahrain’s Shia live and die in fear…the West adopted a double-standard approach
2015-01-12
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): During a lengthy interview with Press TV, Al-Wefaq Society Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman presented an overview of the situation in Bahrain, particularly highlighting the religious and economic discrimination practiced by government authorities against the country’s Shia majority.
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The wave of hostility towards Britain has escalated in Bahrain after arresting Al Wefaq’s secretary general
2015-01-02
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The wave of hostility towards the British government has escalated in Bahrain after arresting Al Wefaq’s secretary general, Sheikh Ali Salman. The opposition groups accused the British authorities for inciting the Bahraini regime to strictness towards the opposition that sought to end up the acquisition of Al Khalifa family on the authority since 2011.