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Jailed Bahraini opposition leader shifted to hospital as health deteriorates
Feb 02, 2023 04:49An imprisoned Bahraini opposition leader has reportedly been moved to a military medical center following a deterioration in his health condition, as prison authorities had long denied him proper medical treatment.
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Top Bahraini cleric: Qur’an burning has nothing to do with freedom of thought
Jan 25, 2023 11:02Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has strongly condemned the burning of a copy of Qur’an, Islam’s holy book, by a Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist in Stockholm, emphasizing that such sacrilegious acts and hate crimes cannot be counted as an instance of freedom of thought.
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Bahraini opposition expresses deep disquiet over political prisoners’ health condition
Jan 22, 2023 05:22The al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Bahrain’s main opposition group, has expressed serious concern about the unhealthy conditions in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom’s detention centers, saying that political prisoners suffer high rates of chronic health conditions.
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Bahraini courts sentence 21 protesters, including three minors to prison
Jan 21, 2023 09:32Courts in Bahrain have handed down prison sentences to nearly two dozen anti-regime protesters, including three minors as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Amid outrage over normalization with Israel, Bahraini ‘security’ delegation visits occupied territories
Jan 18, 2023 08:07Bahrain’s Al Khalifah regime has dispatched a “security” delegation to the Israeli-occupied territories, amid outrage among the public in the Persian Gulf kingdom over normalization with the regime in Tel Aviv.
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Intl. rights groups call for immediate release of Bahraini rights activist
Jan 17, 2023 11:43Over twenty international human rights organizations have called for immediate and unconditional release of prominent Bahraini human rights activist Abduljalil al-Singace, who is serving a life sentence in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom following the 2011 popular uprising.
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Over 160 Bahraini inmates lodge complaint over degrading prison conditions
Jan 17, 2023 11:13More than 160 imprisoned Bahraini political opponents and pro-democracy activists have protested against humiliating treatment, inhumane conditions, and abusive treatment inside the kingdom’s notorious Jau Prison, and filed a complaint in the hope that their situation would improve.
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Survey shows overwhelming majority in Arab countries oppose normalization with Israel
Jan 08, 2023 03:50A new survey has found that an overwhelming majority of people in Arab countries oppose normalization of relations with Israel, and consider the occupying regime’s policies to be a threat to security and stability of the region.
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Bahraini court upholds charges against prominent activist Khawaja
Jan 07, 2023 04:47A Bahraini court has upheld charges against Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a prominent rights defender already serving a life sentence, after denying him access to an appeal hearing.
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‘Lack of genuine dialogue, meaningful reforms behind Bahrain crisis’
Dec 28, 2022 10:22Prominent Bahraini Shia cleric and opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman has blamed the absence of genuine dialogue and meaningful reforms for the ongoing political crisis and cruel clampdown in the Persian Gulf kingdom, criticizing harsh punishments for pro-democracy advocates, dissolution of their associations, and killing of activists and their supporters.