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Bahraini Females Amount to 75% of Qualified Unemployed: GFBTU
2022-03-09
The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) said that Bahrain's unemployed women account for about 75% of the country's total eligible unemployed.
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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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Supreme Council for Women an Official Platform for whitewashing Violations against Bahraini Women: HR Report
2022-01-25
Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain launched a new report entitled "Women's rights in Bahrain... Postponed dreams". The report says that the Supreme Council for Women is an official platform for whitewashing violations against Bahraini women.
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Judiciary Shows Mercy to Torturer, Pitiless towards Bahraini Women: Story of 3 Sisters from Diraz
2019-10-02
This is where the situation in Bahrain has led us- a judiciary appointed by that King, practicing unprecedented brutality and cruelty. The judicial authorities have refused to replace the punishment of three sisters arrested in a political case with an alternative penalty, yet at the same time refused to imprison an Arab woman who tortured her child who was less than two years old back then, in order to ensure that the justice of the court be served by protecting the "reunion of the family".
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Labor Minister Says Bahraini Woman Income Increased 100% in 12 Years
2019-03-09
Bahraini Labor Minister Jameel Humaidan said that the Bahraini woman's income increased 100% in 12 years, to reach 559 BD in 2018 after it was 280 BD only in 2006.
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Fawzia Masha’allah Released after Serving Sentence
2018-12-15
Fifty-eight-year-old Bahraini citizen Fawzia Masha’allah has finished serving her prison term on Saturday (December 15, 2018) and was released following one year of imprisonment for harboring a wanted person.
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Detainee Amira Al-Qashaami Refrains from Family Visits due to Glass Barrier: Activist
2018-10-12
Prominent human rights defender Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that political detainee Amira Al-Qashaami refrained from family visits due to the glass barrier between her and her family, indicating that this is the fourth visit Amira refrains from.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against Detainee Madina Ali
2018-09-28
An appeals court upheld on Tuesday (September 25, 2018) a 3-year jail term against detainee Madina Ali Ahmad over background of political cases.
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Oldest Female Political Detainee Sentenced to One Year in Jail
2018-09-26
A Bahraini court sentenced on Wednesday (September 26, 2018) oldest female political detainee to one year in jail, after accusing her of harboring one of her relatives.
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Detainee Hajar Mansour Transferred to Hospital after being Attacked by Prison’s Director
2018-09-19
London-based activist, Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, said that the director of Women’s Prison in Hamad Town, officer Maryam Al-Bardouli, attacked his mother-in-law Hajar Mansour who is serving a 3-year jail term, over political cases fabricated against her as a reprisal due to her son-in-law’s activism.
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Detention of Zakiya Al-Barbouri Renewed for 30 Days
2018-09-04
The renewal judge renewed on Monday (September 3, 2018) the detention of detainee Zakiya Al-Barbouri for 30 days.
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Prison Administration Confiscates Memoirs and Clothes of Detainee Amira Al-Qashaami without Mentioning Reasons
2018-07-09
Family of detainee Amira Al-Qashaami said that their daughter was severely harassed in prison, where she is serving a 5-year jail term over political background.
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Prosecution Renews Detention of Zakiya Al-Barbouri for 30 Days
2018-07-09
The Public Prosecution renewed the detention of detainee Zakiya Al-Barbouri for 30 additional days pending investigations.
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Security Authorities Release Fatima Dawoud after One and Half Month of Arbitrary Arrest
2018-06-28
The Bahraini security forces released on Wednesday (June 27, 2018) detainee Fatima Dawoud after approximately one month and a half of arbitrary arrest.
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Bahraini Security Authorities Refrain from Revealing Information about 2 Women Arrested since Onset of Ramadan
2018-06-14
The Bahraini authorities refrained from revealing the detention place of 2 Bahraini women who were arrested by the Special Forces on Thursday (May 17, 2018), after raiding their houses in Nuwaidrat.
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Court Refuses to Release Detainee Zeinab Maki, Postpones her Case until May 23
2018-04-20
A Bahraini court postponed on Thursday (April 19, 2018) the case of detainee Zeinab Maki until May 23, with her continued detention.
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New Campaign Launched Today Demanding Release of Detained Females in Bahrain
2018-04-11
A new campaign demanding the release of female prisoners of conscience in Bahrain who are detainees over political reasons launches today (April 11, 2018).
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AFP: Bahraini Detainee Hajar Mansour Admitted to Hospital after Launching Hunger Strike
2018-03-23
Bahraini detainee Hajer Mansoor, 49, was admitted to hospital Thursday, her family said, three days after launching her second hunger strike behind bars to protest the treatment of prisoners, AFP reported.
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Bahrain Arrests Jalila Al-Sayed Raising Number of Female Detainees to 14
2018-03-22
The Bahraini authorities arrested on Wednesday (March 21, 2018) Jalila Al-Sayed Amin from the courtroom after appeals court upheld one-year jail term against her and 1000 BD fine.
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13 Female Bahraini Prisoners Behind Bars over Political Cases
2018-03-21
Statistics published by activists on social media outlets showed that there are 13 Bahraini female prisoners in Bahrain over political cases, including 3 sisters.