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Bahrain orders citizens to 'immediately leave' Lebanon
Nov 06, 2017 03:42Bahrain has ordered all its citizens in Lebanon to "leave immediately" in the wake of Saad Hariri's abrupt resignation as the Lebanese prime minister, which was announced from Saudi Arabia.
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Bahraini courts hand down prison terms to three Shia clerics
Nov 02, 2017 02:54Courts in Bahrain have separately handed down prison sentences between six months and one year to three Shia Muslim clerics as the ruling Ale Khalifah dynasty presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown and persecution of the members of the religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Rights group urges US to suspend Bahraini prince’s diplomatic visa
Nov 02, 2017 02:45A Bahraini rights group has urged the United States to suspend a diplomatic visa for a Bahrain prince accused of torturing political prisoners during the 2011 uprising against the Ale Khalifah rule.
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Amnesty, Human Rights Watch slam sentences passed on Bahraini activist's family
Oct 31, 2017 10:16Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have strongly condemned the jail terms handed down to three family members of a prominent activist living abroad.
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Bahraini court hands down jail terms to 17 in mass trial
Oct 31, 2017 06:22A Bahraini court has handed down heavy jail sentences to more than a dozen people in a mass trial as the regime in Manama continues its crackdown campaign against opposition and political dissent.
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Bahraini court gives jail term to activist's family
Oct 30, 2017 13:40A Bahrain court has sentenced three family members of a prominent activist living abroad to jail terms as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah minority regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown against opposition figures and pro-democracy activists in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Bahrain calls for freezing of Qatar’s PGCC membership
Oct 30, 2017 04:09Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Ale Khalifah has warned that his country will not attend an upcoming Persian Gulf Cooperation Council if Qatar doesn't alter its stance on regional issues.
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Bahrain’s dissolution of opposition political party against freedom of speech: EU
Oct 29, 2017 05:33The European Union says Bahrain’s dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) “contravenes provisions on the freedoms of speech and association,” a day after a court in Manama upheld a ruling on banning the major opposition party.
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Health of hunger strikers in Bahrain’s prison worsen amid cruel treatment
Oct 28, 2017 02:44Health conditions of five female Bahraini activists that have gone on a hunger strike in prison to protest their ill treatment by prison authorities have reportedly deteriorated as the regime’s crackdown on popular dissent persists.
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Bahraini regime’s officials send civilian 'cell' to military court
Oct 23, 2017 03:35Bahraini authorities have referred a group of civilians accused of targeting security forces to a military court after the Persian Gulf country’s monarch King Hamad bin Isa Ale Khalifah ratified a disastrous constitutional amendment back in April.