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2018: Ali Mushaima Launches 46-Day Hunger Strike outside Bahrain Embassy in London
2019-01-05
Ali Mushaima, son of prominent opposition leader Hasan Mushaima, launched a hunger strike for 46 days and slept on the ground in front of the Bahraini Embassy in London.
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2018: Gulf Waters Claim Lives of 4 Youths Attempted to Escape Bahrain in Mysterious Conditions
2019-01-04
On February 18, 2018, the martyrdom of 3 Bahraini wanted by security authorities was announced. The 3 died at sea while attempting to flee to Iran. Meanwhile, a fourth accompanying them was announced missing.
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2018: Bahrain without Different Opinion, 86 Violations of Freedoms of Media and Expression, 21 Judicial Verdicts, 32 Investigations and 24 Arrests
2019-01-03
2018 wasn’t much different from previous years in Bahrain, since the beginning of political crisis, in terms of media and public freedoms such as rights to freedom of opinion and expression. There are about 86 documented cases which proved there's no tolerance in Bahrain with regards to freedom of expression about topics authorities don’t like to discuss.