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Death Sentences Drastically Escalating, Families of Convicted Live in Fear: HR Report
2021-07-15
"We don't know when we will wake up and hear my husband is going to be executed. He has lost all his appeals and his sentence is final. So we pray every single day that an execution will not take place," this is how Zainab, wife of one of the death convict detainees, expressed her fear over her husband's life.
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Int'l Demands to Release Hunger Strike Detainee Abduljalil Al-Singace
2021-07-15
Heba Morayef, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Director, demanded the immediate and unconditional release of detainee Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace and other prisoners, including Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Hassan Mushaima, who were convicted for exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly.
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Bahrain Prevents Its Companies from Carrying out any Activity in Russian-Controlled Crimea
2021-07-14
"Bahrain is preventing Bahraini companies from carrying out any activities in the temporarily occupied Crimea," Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told a Ukrainian official.
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Gov't Discusses Labor Market Plan which Aims at Creating Job Opportunities to Bahrainis
2021-07-14
The Cabinet approved during its session a memorandum by the Government Executive Committee on the National Labor Market Plan 2021-2023 which aims at creating quality job opportunities for citizens and making them the best choice for employment.
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ICAO Council Agrees with Qatar's Proposal to Establish Doha Flight Information Region
2021-07-14
The United Nation's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given Qatar the green light for a new Doha Airspace to establish its own Flight Information Region (FIR) in its airspace.
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Al-Singace Starts Open Hunger Strike in Protest of Being Targeted by Officer Mohammad Yousef Fakhro
2021-07-11
Detainee Abduljalil Al-Singace announced launching an open hunger strike and stopping receiving medication and making calls due to the humiliating and degrading treatment by officer Mohammad Yousef Fakhro, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights said.
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Bahrain Offers Free Vaccines to Undocumented Workers but Nepalis are not Showing up
2021-07-11
Only 50 of around 600 undocumented Nepalis have registered for COVID-19 vaccination, a Nepali newspaper reported.
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Court Sentences Colonel Al-Zayani to Two Years in Jail over Charge of Insulting Judiciary
2021-07-09
The minor criminal sentenced retired colonel Mohammad Al-Zayani to a two-year jail term with the execution of the sentence over charge of insulting the judiciary.
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UK MPs Call for Suspension of "Secretive" Gulf Funding Initiatives including Bahrain
2021-07-08
British MPs have called on their government to suspend ‘secret' million-pound funding programs for the oil-rich Gulf, which they say could put the UK at risk of complicity in human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
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"Glory of Faith and Imam" is the Ashura Slogan for 1443 Hijri
2021-07-05
Bahrain's religious scholars launched Ashura season for 1443 Hijri under the slogan (Glory of Faith and Imam).
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Al-Wefaq: People of Bahrain Demand to Participate in Managing Country's Affairs
2021-07-05
Al-Wefaq stressed that the political right is the main demand of the people of Bahrain, noting that the people have taken to the streets in the past years and are still protesting despite the prohibition and restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly for the sake of political demands.
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Sheikh Mirza Al-Mahrous Starts Hunger Strike in Prison
2021-07-05
Detained Shiite cleric Mirza Al-Mahrous started a hunger strike in Jaw Prison, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said via its Twitter account.
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Switzerland Orders Son of Gaddafi's Oil Chief to pay $1.5 million in Bribery Case
2021-07-04
A Swiss court ordered the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi's oil minister to pay $1.5 million in a corruption case on Friday, a decision that his lawyer said he may appeal.
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I was Injected with Toxic Substance that Led to Stroke: Opposition MP Osama Al-Tamimi
2021-07-01
Former MP Osama Al-Tamimi accused Bahraini authorities of injecting him with a toxic substance during his arrest, which led to him having a stroke.
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A Prisoner to Bahrain Mirror: Jaw Prison Authorities Stopped Coronavirus Testing to Hide Reality of Situation in Ward 10
2021-07-01
A political prisoner said in a message he gave Bahrain Mirror that the prison authorities have permanently stopped running Coronavirus tests to cover up what has been happening, even though it is the ward in which the virus has spread the most, with more than 100 cases.
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Case of Al-Zayani Adjourned until July 5 with his Continued Detention
2021-06-30
The trial of retired colonel Mohammad Al-Zayani over charge of insulting the judiciary started on Monday (June 28, 2021).
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Footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi Sues Federal Government over Wrongful Detention in Thailand
2021-06-30
Footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi is suing the federal government for negligence and breaching its duty of care after he was wrongfully detained in Thailand, the Australian SBS website reported.
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US to Evacuate Afghan Interpreters before Military Withdrawal Complete
2021-06-29
The United States is set to evacuate thousands of vulnerable Afghan interpreters before the U.S. military completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan so they can wrap up their visa applications from safety, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Bahraini Foreign Minister Meets His Israeli Counterpart, Congratulates him on Assuming Post
2021-06-28
Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani met on Sunday (June 27, 2021) with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid, on the sidelines of the meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh in Italy.
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Touro Delegation to Visit Bahrain: Hoda Nonou
2021-06-28
Former Bahraini ambassador to Washington Hoda Al-Nonoo said that plans are underway to bring a Touro delegation to visit Bahrain.