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Amnesty decries Kuwait, Bahrain coronavirus apps as ‘highly invasive’
Jun 18, 2020 03:58Amnesty International has censured Kuwait and Bahrain over the use of applications for tracing those who have come in contact with confirmed coronavirus patients, stating that the programs infringe upon the privacy of hundreds of thousands of people.
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Amnesty International condemns death sentences upheld for two Bahraini activists
Jun 17, 2020 01:39Amnesty International has roundly condemned Bahrain for upholding death sentences against two political dissidents, describing the move as a violation of the right to life besides the ultimate inhuman and degrading punishment.
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Qatar welcomes ‘real’ initiative meant to end Saudi-led blockade: Envoy
Jun 11, 2020 00:41Qatar’s Ambassador to Turkey Salem bin Mubarak Al Shafi says Doha welcomes any genuine initiative that would end the economic and diplomatic blockade Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on the gas-rich kingdom in June 2017.
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Bahrain’s disruption of anti-Israel event ‘unlawful’, in line with normalization policy: Wefaq
May 12, 2020 00:52Bahrain's main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has strongly condemned as “unlawful” the disruption of an online event organized against normalization of ties with Israeli regime, saying the move falls within Manama’s policy to forge all-out relations with the Tel Aviv regime.
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Bahraini regime deprives imprisoned Shia cleric of urgent surgery
May 06, 2020 03:06Bahraini authorities are reportedly preventing an imprisoned Shia Muslim cleric from receiving appropriate medication and obstinately refusing to allow him to have a much-needed surgery.
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Qatar repeats call for lifting of ‘unjust, unlawful’ Saudi-led blockade
Apr 26, 2020 03:02Qatar has reiterated its call for the lifting of a land, air and sea blockade, which Saudi Arabia and some of its regional allies imposed on Doha more than two years ago, amid little prospect of an end to the conflict.
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Rise in Bahrain’s coronavirus infection cases causes serious alarm
Apr 19, 2020 03:14Reports that Bahrain is witnessing straight days of increased infections with the highly contagious novel coronavirus have concerned international organizations over the inaction of the ruling Ale Khalifah regime to take proper measures.
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Top Bahraini cleric demands release of prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak
Apr 03, 2020 11:06Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of political dissidents currently being held in the Manama regime’s prisons in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, stressing that failure to take the measure will have dire consequences.
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Spokesman rejects as 'fabricated' Bahrain’s ruling against Iranian bank
Apr 02, 2020 07:08Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi decried the Bahraini government’s ruling against the Manama-based Ayandeh Bank and a number of other Iranian banks, saying the rulings are based on trumped-up charges and lack any legal credibility.
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Denmark urges Bahrain to free political prisoners, including top rights activist Khawaja
Mar 13, 2020 03:21Denmark has called on Bahrain to release all people arbitrarily detained in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom, including prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is also a Danish citizen and serving a life sentence for his influential role in the 2011 popular uprising against the Ale Khalifah regime.