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Saudi support for US push to renew Iran arms ban bitter joke: Mousavi
Jun 30, 2020 08:15Iran’s Foreign Ministry Sopkesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi on Tuesday said it is bitterly sarcastic to witness certain warmongering Persian Gulf Arab states throwing their weight behind the US drive to extend a UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic, adding these states need to understand that submission to America will not make the region secure.
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Bahraini activists launch online campaign against torture in prisons
Jun 25, 2020 03:46Bahraini activists and social media users have launched a campaign on the platform to demand an immediate end to the torture of political dissidents at prisons and detention centers across the kingdom.
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Bahrain regime forces attack inmates taking part in Shia mourning ritual
Jun 19, 2020 01:22A Bahraini human rights activist says regime forces have attacked dozens of Shia inmates participating in a mourning ritual at the notorious Jau Prison as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime presses ahead with its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in the tiny Persian Gulf country.
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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.