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HRW: Bahrain's Int'l Allies should Condition their Aid to Bahrain on Improvement in its HR Record
2022-01-13
Bahraini activists commemorated the tenth anniversary of the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings amid heavy repression, including the arrest and torture of children, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2022. Independent media and prominent opposition groups remained outlawed.
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Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Says She Raised HR Issues in Her Meetings with Bahraini Officials
2021-12-10
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Italian government, Marina Sereni, said that she visited Bahrain on November 17 and raised human rights issues with Bahraini officials.
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Six NGOs Call on UN Secretary-General to Help Foster Human Rights and Democracy in Bahrain
2021-12-10
Six NGOs called on Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres to help foster human rights and democracy.
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US State Department Condemns HR Violations in Bahrain, Demands Release of All Political Prisoners
2021-11-27
The US State Department expressed growing concerns about the worsening human rights situation in Bahrain due to continued arrests of activists and journalists, demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in its Report on Democracy and HR: Allegations of Mistreatment Continue in Bahrain
2021-11-25
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said "Allegations of mistreatment in detention continued to be made in Bahrain," indicating that "it monitored such cases closely, and engaged with the Government of Bahrain, Bahraini oversight bodies and international organizations on these issues."
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Figure Accused of Committing Major HR Violations Delivers Opening Speech at Manama Dialogue
2021-11-21
It is said that birds of a feather flock together. This applies to politics as well. Bahrain gave the task of delivering the opening speech of the Manama Dialogue Forum to a minister involved in vast human rights violations in his country.
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Detainee with Knee Injury Denied Treatment, MoI Refuses to Release him under Alternative Penalty Code
2021-11-16
Family of political prisoner Habib Abdulhussein Habib said they exhausted all ways to enable their detained son receive his right to treatment.
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Iran's Foreign Minister Expresses Regret over Continued Hurman Rights Abuse in Bahrain
2021-11-10
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian expressed in a phone call with his British counterpart his country's regret over the continued human rights abuse in Bahrain.
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Badr Al-Gaith Leaves (Safe) World of Executioners with an Overdose
2021-11-03
Until the evening of November 1, 2021, notorious executioner Badr Ibrahim Al-Gaith, 41, was convinced that he was one of those in the safety net that fear nothing in Bahrain, but he forgot that fate and the timing of one leaving this world is not in the hands of the ruling family.
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French Parliamentarians Pressure Foreign Minister on HR Situation in Bahrain
2021-10-19
Two Members of Parliament (MPs) for France drew the attention of the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, to the worrying human rights situation in Bahrain, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) reported.
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UK MPs Call on their Gov't to Push Bahrain to Release Al-Singace
2021-10-05
British lawmakers, trade unions, NGOs, academics, and lawyers called on the government to push Bahrain to release a key opposition figure who has been on hunger strike for months over his "ill-treatment" in prison.
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HR Organizations: What are the Bahraini Authorities Waiting for to Release Abduljalil Al-Singace?
2021-09-29
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) called the Bahraini authorities to urgently release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace.
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Al-Jazeera Channel Reveals Horrible Stories about Children's Rights Violations in Dry Dock Prison in Bahrain
2021-09-28
The "Zero Distance" episode, aired by Al-Jazeera Channel, on Sunday (September 26, 2021) revealed documents and data on multiple aspects of serious violations against Bahraini children, who are being held in Dry Dock Prison over various charges, such as inciting the overthrow of the regime and terrorism.
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Freedom House in 2021 Annual Report: Bahrain "Not Free", Activist Subjected to Spying, Attacks
2021-09-28
Freedom House Organization said in its 2021 annual report, published on its official website, that "Internet freedom in Bahrain remains restricted. Authorities continued to block websites and forced the removal of online content, particularly social media posts criticizing the government."
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US Senators in Letter to Blinken: Repression in Bahrain would Lead to Instability that Threatens Fifth Fleet
2021-09-25
US Senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern over the government of Bahrain's terrible human rights record, threating that lack of stability would ultimately affect US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
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Al-Jazeera Channel Reveals Shocking Facts and Violations against Detained Children in Dry Dock Prison
2021-09-24
Al-Jazeera Channel is getting ready to broadcast a new episode on Dry Dock Prison in Bahrain, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported. The episode includes UN and human rights reports and information on vast violations against detainees, particularly children.
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UN Experts Address Gov't of Bahrain on Violations against Sheikh Zuhair Ashour and Ali Al-Wazeer
2021-09-15
Mandates of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances published a letter sent to the Bahraini government on June 28, 2021, in which it expressed concern about the acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners of conscience, Sheikh Zuhair Ashour and Ali Al-Wazeer.
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Mohammad Al-Signace's Health Deteriorates as His Hunger Strike Continues
2021-09-08
Detainee Mohammad (Abd Ali) Al-Singace said that his health situation is deteriorating due to his hunger strike.
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Gov't of Bahrain didn't Respond to Visit Request by UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: HR Activist
2021-09-05
Director of Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy said that Bahrain did not respond to a UN request to accept a visit by a UN rapporteur to Manama.
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Parliamentarians Urge Foreign Affairs Minister to Explain France's Stance regarding HR Violations in Bahrain
2021-09-04
Sandra Marsaud and Éric Girardin, Members of French Parliament (MPs), drew the attention of the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, to the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain, according to American for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) website.