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Forthcoming elections solely aimed at strengthening tyranny in Bahrain: Grand Ayatollah Qassim
Nov 03, 2022 09:29Bahrain’s most prominent religious scholar has dismissed the country’s upcoming parliamentary polls, saying the ruling Aal-e Khalifah minority regime wants to maintain its grip on power and strengthen tyranny in the tiny Persian Gulf island state by means of the ballots cast in the elections.
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Bahraini courts hand down death sentences to four more political dissidents
Oct 10, 2022 12:40A London-based human rights organization says Bahraini courts have convicted and sentenced four anti-regime activists to death following unfair trials and based on confessions coerced through torture and ill-treatment.
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Normalization deals enormously benefited Israel’s arm industry: Report
Oct 10, 2022 08:54A report says the Israeli arms industry has disproportionately benefited from the warming of ties between Israel and some Arab countries, as deals worth more than $3 billion have been signed between the regime and three countries that normalized their ties with it in the past two years.
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Al Khalifah regime trying to place slavery yoke on Bahraini nation: Top Shia cleric
Oct 04, 2022 13:31Bahrain’s most prominent religious scholar has repudiated the country’s upcoming parliamentary polls, saying the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime has shut the door on free elections and political reforms in the tiny Persian Gulf island state while trying to enslave the nation.
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Detained Bahraini Shia cleric denied medical care, subjected to physical assault: Rights group
Sep 29, 2022 10:08Abduljalil al-Miqdad, a political detainee and a leading Shia cleric has been assaulted at Bahrain’s notorious Jau Prison en route to a medical appointment, as the Manama regime keeps up harassment of imprisoned political dissidents.
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Six opposition groups announce boycotting elections: Bahrain
Sep 24, 2022 03:00Bahrain’s six opposition groups have announced boycotting the parliamentary and municipal elections to be held on November 12.
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Human right organization warns against ‘inhumane conditions’ facing inmates at Bahrain’s Jau Prison
Sep 20, 2022 01:04An independent human rights organization has warned against ‘inhumane conditions’ at Bahrain’s notorious Jau Prison, saying various forms of physical and mental torture as well as mistreatment are among the torments that prisoners endure in the detention center.
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Bahrain's main opposition group calls for boycott of November legislative elections
Sep 16, 2022 00:32Bahrain's main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has called for the boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Persian Gulf nation, amid the escalation of political repression, and absence of serious reforms.
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Bahrain prevents prominent Shia cleric from traveling to Iraq to commemorate Arba’een
Sep 12, 2022 09:36Bahraini authorities have prevented a prominent Shia Muslim cleric from traveling to Iraq to join masses of pilgrims from around the world marching to the holy city of Karbala to commemorate Arba’een, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shias' Imam.
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Report: UK 'secretly' doubles funding to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
Aug 26, 2022 08:04The UK government’s funding for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain has more than doubled this year through Persian Gulf Strategy Fund (GSF) for unknown reasons, according to a report.