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SALAM: Prisoners in Serious Condition Transferred to Salmaniya Hospital after Scabies Outbreak
2018-09-16
SALAM Organization for Democracy and Human Rights announced that it had received complaints from prisoners of conscience held at Jaw Central Prison.
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Bahraini Interior Ministry Shows Travel Documents, Says Belong to Iranians who Entered Country with Forged Documents
2018-09-16
Bahraini Interior Ministry has presented documents it claims belong to Iranian nationals, who entered the country this month with forged documents.
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Bahrain: Shotgun Injuries as Security Forces Remove Ashura Banners by Force
2018-09-16
Pictures posted on social media showed citizens who were injured by shotgun pellets (birdshot) as they tried to prevent security forces from taking down Ashura banners.
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UK Parliament Motion Calls for Suspending Assistance Programs to Bahrain, Release All Political Prisoners
2018-09-16
British Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake is leading a movement in the UK Parliament calling for the adoption of a motion for ending degrading treatment against political prisoners in Bahrain.
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Bahraini Prisoners Left under Heat of Sun, Beaten for Practicing Ashura Rituals: SALAM Organization
2018-09-16
SALAM organization for Democracy and Human Rights has revealed serious violations in Jaw prison against political prisoners who have been practicing Ashura rites.
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Ali Al-Aswad: Parliamentary Elections Won’t Yield Sustainable Solution for Bahraini Crisis
2018-09-13
Al-Wefaq leader Ali Al-Aswad said that the Parliamentary elections won't yield a sustainable solution to the current crisis in Bahrain.
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UK MP Andy Slaughter: We Demand Answers on UK Government Involvement in Violations in Bahrain
2018-09-13
UK MP Andy Slaughter said in an article on Politics Home website that the UK’s reputation as a promoter and defender of human rights internationally is increasingly under scrutiny and Parliament deserves answers.
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Int’l Activists, Doctors Ask Ali Mushaima and Zainab Al-Khawaja to End their Hunger Strike
2018-09-13
Brian Dooley said in a tweet on his own Twitter account that he, along with other activist, are asking Ali Mushaima and Zainab Al-Khawaja to end their hunger strike.
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UN Puts Bahrain among 38 Countries Practicing “shameful” Reprisals on Rights Activists
2018-09-13
The United Nations listed 38 “shameful” countries including China and Russia which it said had carried out reprisals or intimidation against people cooperating with it on human rights through killings, torture and arbitrary arrests.
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Darwish: We Welcome Criticism of High Commissioner for Human Rights on Decisions to Revoke Nationalities
2018-09-12
President of Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) Baqer Darwish welcomed the criticism of new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet regarding the striping of nationality in Bahrain during the opening of the 39th session of Human Rights Council in UN.
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Bahrain to Hold Parliamentary Elections on Nov. 24
2018-09-12
Bahrain said on Monday it would hold a parliamentary election on Nov. 24, the state news agency BNA reported, the second ballot since 2011 when mostly Shi’ite protesters took to the streets demanding more democracy.
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MoI Says It Arrested 881 Foreigners Driving People without “Taxi” License
2018-09-12
Directorate of Traffic Operations and Control of the General Directorate of Traffic said that it arrested 881 illegal taxi drivers of various nationalities.
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Bahrain Places Unannounced Ban on Entrance of Pakistanis, Summons All Pakistanis in Bahrain to Take Fingerprints
2018-09-12
A number of Pakistanis on social media have complained that they are being denied entry to Bahrain, a Pakistani news website.
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Al-Wefaq: Political Partnership First
2018-09-12
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stressed that Bahrain needs a comprehensive political project that establishes a comprehensive collective state in a political partnership capable of embracing all the citizens of the country, taking care of their interests and providing a safe and stable environment for all of them.
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Foreign Affairs Minister Criticizes Qatar’s Issuing of Law Regulating Right to Political Asylum
2018-09-11
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa criticized the Emir of Qatar's first law on political asylum in the Gulf region, considering that Qatar violates Riyadh's resolutions signed in 2014.
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Bahrain: Third on List of Most Racist Countries in World according to New Classification
2018-09-10
Economic and trading group, Insider Monkey, launched the ranking of the 25 most racist countries, where Bahrain occupied the third rank after Lebanon and India.
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Spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry: No Evidence on Entry of 14 Iranians to Bahrain with Fake Passports
2018-09-10
Spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry Bahram Qassemi dismissed Bahraini security agency's claims that it had arrested 14 Iranian nationals for illegal entry with fake passports, Fars News Agency reported.
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Diraz: Grandson of Head of Delegation who Visited King Hamad Arrested
2018-09-10
The Bahraini authorities arrested on Monday (September 10, 2018) at dawn Sayed Ali Sayed Mahdi (14 years) after raiding his house in Diraz.
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5 Children Arrested in Diraz Despite Vows to Release Detained Children
2018-09-10
The Bahraini authorities arrested at the early hours of Monday (September 10, 2018) 5 children after wide raid campaigns in Diraz.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Directly Criticizes Bahrain in Her First Speech
2018-09-10
In her first participation in the council’s works since assuming the post after the Jordanian Prince, Zeid bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein, the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet criticized Bahrain’s human rights record.