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Bahrain torturing women in detention
Sep 19, 2019 02:41According to the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain that released a damning report on September 11, Bahrain’s political allies in the west are failing to hold the oil-rich nation accountable for multiple reports of human rights abuse.
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Bahraini regime steps up clampdown on religious scholars ahead of Ashura
Sep 09, 2019 11:02Bahraini regime forces have summoned more Shia Muslim religious scholars for interrogation as the ruling minority Aal-e Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown ahead of Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husain (PBUH), grandson and the third infallible successor of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA).
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Bahrain summons, arrests clerics ahead of Ashura rituals
Sep 07, 2019 02:01The Bahraini regime has begun summoning Shia clerics to supposedly interrogate them amid the arrival of the lunar month of Muharram, when Shia Muslims commonly engage in mourning rituals to commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein.
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Amnesty urges Bahrain regime to lift travel ban on ailing former lawmaker
Sep 04, 2019 02:37Amnesty International has called on Bahraini officials to put an end to their continued harassment of former legislator Osama Jaber Muhana al-Tamimi, and to allow him to travel abroad for medical treatment after he suffered a stroke following his arrest last month.
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Bahrain joins US military coalition in Persian Gulf
Aug 20, 2019 03:06The Ale Khalifa regime in power in Bahrain has announced support for a US coalition in the Persian Gulf as Washington remains desperate to recruit more allies in its attempts to escalate tensions with Iran.
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600+ Bahraini inmates now on hunger strike to protest rights abuses
Aug 18, 2019 05:02More than 600 Bahraini political prisoners are now on hunger strike to protest ill-treatment at Bahrain’s notorious Jaw prison.
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Bahrain signs agreement to purchase US-built Patriot missile system
Aug 14, 2019 03:46Bahrain has signed an agreement to purchase an MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) system from the US Army.
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Iran calls on Bahrain to stop facilitating enemy plots in region
Aug 08, 2019 07:31Tehran has blasted Bahrain for hosting a so-called maritime security conference as part of its highly hostile anti-Iran agenda, calling on the regime in Manama to stop acting as “a facilitator of enemy plots” in the region.
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Bahrain follows U.S. lead on executions
Aug 05, 2019 14:30Citing the existence of the death penalty in the United States as justification, Bahrain’s government executed political prisoners Ali al-Arab and Ahmed al-Malali by firing squad on the morning of Saturday, July 27. Another man was also executed in a separate, non-political case.
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Activists dismiss Bahrain executions as shameful
Aug 01, 2019 03:46Bahraini opposition groups and human rights activists held a commemoration ceremony in Beirut for two Bahraini activists Ali al-Arab and Ahmad al-Malali, who were put to death by the regime’s firing squad recently.