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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.
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Despite denials, Israeli delegation attends Bahrain conference: Report
Apr 19, 2019 01:37An Israeli delegation has reportedly participated in a business conference in Bahrain despite statements about the cancellation of the controversial visit to the Persian Gulf country.
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UN expresses alarm at Bahrain move to strip 138 of nationality
Apr 18, 2019 11:03The United Nations has expressed concern that a mass trial by a court in Bahrain that stripped nearly 140 people of their nationality this week had not met international fair trial standards.
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Bahrain: Regime courts give prison sentences to 139 more activists
Apr 16, 2019 12:24A Bahraini court has handed down prison sentences to 139 activists and stripped almost all of them of their nationality in a mass trial, which was quickly denounced by rights groups as a tool of repression in the hands of the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime against dissidents.
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Bahrain: Regime forces detain journalist over criticizing media ‘misinformation' on Yemen war
Apr 16, 2019 07:49Bahraini police have detained a journalist, who works for a pro-government daily newspaper, after he criticized the media’s “misinformation campaign” surrounding the devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen.