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US announces start of PGCC’s ‘enhanced security patrols’ in Persian Gulf
May 20, 2019 02:03The United States says countries of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council have started patrolling in the region amid the US escalation of tensions with Tehran.
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Bahraini death row prisoners denied medical care for over three weeks: Report
May 19, 2019 02:32An imprisoned Bahraini political activist, who is on the Manama regime’s death row and could be executed at any time, is reportedly being denied appropriate healthcare and pain-relief medication.
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HRW urges Bahrain to 'immediately' halt death sentences against 2 dissidents
May 17, 2019 01:07Human Rights Watch has called on Bahraini officials to “immediately” suspend death sentences given to two political dissidents convicted on terrorism-related charges.
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Bahrain court upholds death sentences against two anti-regime activists
May 13, 2019 02:35Bahrain’s supreme court of appeal has upheld death sentences against two anti-regime activists.
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Bahrain: Twelve guards charged with assaulting prisoners
May 08, 2019 12:18Twelve prison guards in Bahrain have been charged with physically assaulting inmates, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
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Bahrain court rejects alternative punishment motion for top activist
May 06, 2019 09:00A court in Bahrain has rejected a motion filed by lawyers of prominent opposition figure and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab, which asked for an alternative punishment to the jail term he is currently serving.
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Iran urges Bahrain to ‘know its place’ before making threats
May 04, 2019 00:25Foreign Ministry spokesman has downplayed the Bahraini foreign minister’s claim that Iran will not be allowed to close the Strait of Hormuz “even for a single day”, urging the Manama regime to “know its place” before making threats.
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Major opposition figures not among those who regained Bahraini citizenship: Report
Apr 30, 2019 03:13A new report shows major Bahraini opposition figures and activists, who have been stripped of their nationality by Manama, are not among hundreds of those people whose citizenship will be restored under a recent amnesty order by the king of the Persian Gulf’s tiny island country.
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Iraq summons US, Bahrain’s envoys over interventionist, offensive comments
Apr 28, 2019 02:25Iraq has summoned the envoys of Bahrain and the United States to protest their insulting and meddlesome comments about the Arab state’s domestic affairs and relations with neighboring Iran.
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Iran lambastes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain for supporting US oil sanctions, warns of consequences
Apr 25, 2019 11:34Tehran has lashed out at Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for supporting Washington’s termination of sanctions waivers for major Iranian crude buyers, saying the Islamic Republic would allow no country to replace it in the oil market.