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Hunger striking-inmates’ health critically worsening in Bahrain’s infamous prison: Report
Dec 19, 2018 03:52The health conditions of Bahraini political activists Naji Fateel and Ali Haji have been increasingly deteriorating over the past weeks due to a hunger strike the pair have joined to voice their strong dissent against the dire living conditions in Bahrain’s notorious Jaw prison, a new report says.
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Bahrain courts give life sentence to two anti-regime activists
Dec 13, 2018 15:10Regime controlled courts in Bahrain have sentenced two anti-regime protesters to life imprisonment and handed down prison sentences to four others as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah family presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
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Qatar's economy 'stronger than before', Central Bank governor says
Dec 12, 2018 01:45The governor of the Qatar Central Bank says the country’s economy has shown resilience in the face of an ongoing diplomatic and trade boycott, which Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on the energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom in June 2017.
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Bahraini refugee footballer begins open-ended hunger strike in Thailand
Dec 09, 2018 03:31Bahraini footballer Hakeem Ali al-Araibi has launched an open-ended hunger strike in protest against an “unfair decision by a Thai court to arrest” him and prevent him from returning to his place of residence in Australia.
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Farcical polls will not avert the inevitable in Bahrain
Dec 05, 2018 06:39In the Persian Gulf island state of Bahrain, the regime, which is allied with the US and the Zionist regime against the wishes of the Bahraini people, has held a theatrical show by pressuring a section of the population to cast ballots for what it calls the parliament, while the real representatives of the masses are locked up for demanding democracy and civil liberties.
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Bahrain’s opposition warns about abuse of female activists
Dec 02, 2018 06:35Bahrain’s largest opposition group has warned about the ruling regime’s sweeping arrest and abuse campaign against female activists throughout the course of a campaign of suppression that has already taken the lives of scores of dissidents.
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Commander of US Middle East forces in Navy's Fifth Fleet base found dead in Bahrain
Dec 02, 2018 04:16The top US Navy officer in charge of American naval operations throughout the Middle East and Southwest Asia has been found dead in Bahrain, home to US military’s Fifth Fleet naval force, which he commanded.
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Thailand warned against deporting dissident footballer to Bahrain
Dec 02, 2018 03:49Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Thailand to refrain from deporting a dissident footballer to Bahrain where he might face prosecution for expressing his anti-government views.
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15 Bahraini NGOs censure Manama's détente with Tel Aviv
Nov 29, 2018 03:21Over a dozen Bahraini NGOs have denounced Manama's attempts to normalize relations with the Israeli regime, expressing their firm support for the Palestinian cause.
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Amnesty International voices concern over Bahrain crackdown on opposition
Nov 23, 2018 16:58Amnesty International has expressed “grave concerns” over a campaign of suppression by Bahrain’s ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime against political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.