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AP: Bahrain Says 29 People Sentenced to Prison Over 2014 Bombing
2015-12-30
Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahrain says 29 people have been sentenced to prison over a 2014 bombing that targeted police officers in the tiny island kingdom.
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AFP: Bahrain Jails 29 Over Bomb Attack on Police
2015-12-30
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain has handed down sentences ranging from five years to life in prison to 29 people found guilty of attempting to murder policemen in a bomb attack last year.
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Protest Urges Bahraini Authorities to Take “Serious Action” to Find Perpetrator Who Shot at Shiite Mosque
2015-12-19
Bahrain Mirror: A number of protesters demanded on Friday (December 18, 2015) Bahraini authorities to immediately find the perpetrators who opened fire at a Shiite mosque southwest of the Bahraini capital Manama.
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Al-Salman: Summoning Preachers & Obsequies Administrators Part of Crackdown on Shiites
2015-10-29
Bahrain Mirror: Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, head of the religious freedom department of the Bahrain Observatory for Human Rights, said that more than 17 figures have been summoned, including preachers, clerics and lecturers in addition to obsequies administrators and organizing committees for Ashura events.
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Bahrainis Perform Prayers in Mosques Demolished by Authorities
2015-10-12
Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini citizens performed the evening prayers on Saturday (October 10, 2015) in mosques that were demolished by the Bahraini authorities.
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BFHR: Only 18% Shiite Representation in New Cabinet Composition
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror: The media manager of Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR), Baqer Darwish, said that the Bahraini authorities are still exercising discrimination against the indigenous Shiites, as their representation was 0% in the sovereign ministries and 18.18% in the service ministries of the new cabinet.
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Al-Wedai to Human Rights Council: Bahraini Children Prevented from Receiving Shiite Religious Education
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, the director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), made a statement at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva saying that “most of Bahraini Shiite students have been prevented from receiving their Shiite religious education.”
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British Library Records: Al Khalifa Wanted Bahrain to be a Subject of Persia But Britain Didn’t Allow It
2015-09-05
Bahrain Mirror: A confidential British record published recently by the Qatar Digital Library reveals the attempts of the former ruler of Bahrain, Muhammed bin Khalifa (1842-1867), to make Bahrain a subject of Persia.
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BCHR: 25 Arrests Within a Week and Anti-Shiite Tweets
2015-08-28
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that 25 arrests took place over the past week (August 17-23, 2015).
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Bahrain’s Interior Minister: There’s No Sectarian Tension in Bahrain, Only Iranian Interference
2015-08-24
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa met on Sunday (August 23, 2015) with local media figures and others and blamed the Bahraini crisis on the Iranian interference in the kingdom’s internal affairs.
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Bahrainis Respond to Interior Minister by: #I Feel Like a Second-Class Citizen
2015-08-24
Bahraini citizens on Sunday (August 23, 2015) launched a hashtag stating: #I feel like a second-class citizen, in response to comments made by the Minister of Interior on Sunday morning during an interview.
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Bahrain’s Interior Minister Launched Hate Campaign..Sectarian Takfiri Discourse Returned Under Hashtag #No_to_Iranian_Intervention
2015-08-22
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa had launched a media campaign on Thursday (July 23, 2015) to condemn Iran’s statements on Bahrain . However, after only a few hours, it turned out to be a hate campaign against the Shiites.
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BFHR Responds to Bahraini FM: 0% Shiites Assigned to High Security Posts
2015-08-15
Bahrain Mirror: The media manager of Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR), Baqer Darwish, said that in 2014 the Shiite employment was 0% in the higher posts related to security in Bahrain’s ministries.
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Egyptian Journalist: I Left Bahrain after Discovering that Newspaper Was Established to Attack Shiite Majority
2015-08-15
Bahrain Mirror: An Egyptian journalist who worked in Bahrain said that he decided to return home after he discovered that the newspaper he traveled to work for "was established to attack the Shiite majority in the name of the King".
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Sheikh Al-Salman’s Interrogation Focused on His Statements about Anti-Shiism & Disclosure of Violations in Sitra
2015-08-10
Bahrain Mirror: Reports revealed that the Bahraini security forces interrogated Sheikh Maitham Al-Salman, regarding his statements about anti-Shiism and spreading information about the human rights violations committed by security forces in Sitra.
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Bahrain’s Education Ministry Rejects Shiite Students’ Scholarship Complaints
2015-08-10
Bahrain Mirror: A number of high-ranking graduates said they received calls from the Ministry of Education informing them that their complaints were not accepted, without explaining why, although their GPAs exceeded 98%.
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Sheikh Sanqoor: Sitra Blast condemned Yet Doesn't Justify Violations & Contempt Against Shiites
2015-08-03
Bahraini Sheikh Mohammed Sanqoor said that "violence only leads to more violence, worsens the crisis and makes reaching a solution harder," stressing on the people's "legitimate rights that they strive to achieve peacefully."
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Bahrain: 77% of Shiite Top-Ranking Students Didn't Get Their Choice of Scholarship
2015-07-29
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): In 2011, the Bahraini Ministry of Education, refused for the first time to publish the results of the university scholarships in the local newspapers and restricted the announcement of the results to students only, as each student is required to enter a password on the Ministry's website to find out his\her results.
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Sheikh Al-Aradi: It’s Suspicious That the Mic Fell Down
2015-07-29
Bahrain Mirror: Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Said Al-Aradi did not rule out that there is suspicion surrounding the fact that the microphone fell off his clothes while he was participating in a talk show on Bahrain TV.
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VIDEO: Mic Snatched off Sheikh Al-Aradi’s Clothes Live on Air Before He Was Expelled from Studio
2015-07-28
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A video displaying a segment of a talk show about the campaign which the Bahraini Ministry of Interior called for against what it described as “Iranian interference” showed how Sheikh Mohammad Said Al-Aradi’s microphone was snatched off his clothes.