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Reuters: Bahrain Deports Eight to Iraq after Stripping them of Citizenship - Rights Group
2018-02-05
Bahrain has deported eight people to Iraq after they were convicted of damaging state security and stripped of citizenship, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday.
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AFP: Bahrain Deports 8 after Revoking their Citizenship (HRW)
2018-02-05
Bahrain has deported eight people to war-torn Iraq after revoking their citizenship and making them stateless, Human Rights Watch said Sunday, accusing the Gulf monarchy of exiling dissidents.
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Activist Sam Walton: Bahrain Sees Any Democracy Call as Direct Threat to Ruling Family
2018-02-04
The British human rights defender Sam Walton said that any democracy call in Bahrain is considered a direct threat to the ruling family, because the government mainly consists of Al Khalifa.
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Ithmaar Bank Suffers from Technical Problem Displaying Customers' Balances Incorrectly
2018-02-04
Al-Ayam local newspaper said that Ithmaar Bank suffers from a technical problem that displays the customers' balances incorrectly.
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BAC Issues New Tender to Construct Security Fence Aiming at "Tightening Security Control" on Airport
2018-02-04
Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), the operator and managing body of Bahrain International Airport (BIA), issued a new tender to construct a security fence in order to develop the perimeter of the current security fence in the airport.
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BCHR Documents 69 Arrest Cases within One Week
2018-02-03
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that it monitored the arrest of 69 citizens within one week only.
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Bahrain: 3 Citizens Arrested Today at Down
2018-02-03
The security authorities launched today at dawn a vast security campaign that resulted in the arrest of at least 3 citizens, according to a network specialized in monitoring the security raids.
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Health Ministry: 8664 Sickle Cell Disease Patients Registered in Ministry
2018-02-03
The Health Ministry said that the number of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patients registered in the ministry and who benefit from the primary and secondary healthcare programs is about 8664, adding that 4271 are males while the remaining 4393 patients are females.
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Reuters: Bahraini Exile Campaigns against Crackdown in Gulf Island State
2018-02-03
Stripped of his Bahraini citizenship and living in London exile, rights activist Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei says he speaks for the hundreds of opposition figures made voiceless by imprisonment back home.
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FIDH, BCHR Strongly Condemn Unprecedented Wave of Death Sentences in Bahrain
2018-02-02
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) strongly condemned what they called “an unprecedented wave of death sentences in Bahrain”.
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Expelling of 4 Citizens Including Woman Raises Number of Deported to 8
2018-02-02
The Bahraini authorities expelled on Thursday (February 1, 2018) 4 citizens, increasing the number of expelled citizens to 8 within the 4 past days.
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Ayatollah Isa Qassim Undergoes Surgery this Morning at Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital
2018-02-02
The spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, underwent surgery Friday morning (February 2, 2018) at Ibn Al-Nafees hospital, a medical source said.
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First Deputy Speaker of Shura Council Denies Exclusion of Dual Nationals from Government Support
2018-02-01
The First Deputy Speaker of the Bahraini Shura Council denied exclusion of all dual nationals from government support in Bahrain.
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Bahraini Interior Minister Meets with British Counterpart in London, Commends Designating Bahraini Groups as Terrorist Organizations
2018-02-01
Bahrain's Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa left for London, where he met his British counterpart Amber Rudd, as part of his official visit to the UK.
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Al-Wefaq: Regime in Bahrain Practices Policy of Forced Displacement of Indigenous People
2018-02-01
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest opposition political society in Bahrain, said the regime is practicing “forced displacement of indigenous Bahrainis by revoking their nationalities and then demanding that they leave Bahrain since they are rendered stateless.”
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Bahraini Youth Dies in Traffic Accident in Emirates
2018-02-01
A Bahraini youth died in a car accident on the Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates border highway yesterday.
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Gulf Air Employees not to be Dismissed
2018-02-01
Chairman of Gulf Air Ahmed Al-Kuwaiti confirmed that the last meeting held with number of trade unions linked to the company and chairman of Gulf Air Board Zayed Al-Zayani mainly tackled the rumors about dismissing a number of workers, indicating that Al-Zayani assured the trade unions and confirmed that the rumours are unfounded.
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Death Penalty Handed down to Defendant, Life Sentence to 13 Others & 25 Bahrainis Stripped of their Nationalities in Karana Bombing Case
2018-02-01
The Fourth High Criminal Court in Bahrain, headed by Judge Ali Khalifa Al Dhahrani, unanimously ruled on Thursday (February 1, 2018) sentencing Mousa Abdullah Mousa Jaafar to death on charges of killing a policeman in the Karana bombing.
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Bahraini Military Appeals Court to Announce Death Penalties of 6 Bahrainis on February 21
2018-02-01
A military appeals court in Bahrain announced on Wednesday (January 31, 2018) adjourning the military commander attempted murder case until the February 21 for deliberation and sentencing.
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Sheikh Mohammad Saleh Al-Qashaami Released Following One Year of Imprisonment
2018-02-01
The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (January 31, 2018) Sheikh Mohammad Saleh Al-Qashaami, one year following his pre-trial detention.