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Bahrain Rejects UN Call to Free Death Row Convicts Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa
2021-06-22
Bahrain on Sunday rejected a UN report calling for the release of two men facing the death penalty, which cited claims their murder convictions were based on confessions extracted by torture.
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Doctor Kassim Replies to Claims There's "Excess Number of Doctors" (3)
2021-03-18
There are more than 400 unemployed doctors and nurses in Bahrain, whom the Health Ministry consider a surplus. Meanwhile, you can see how the three main hospitals in Bahrain are filled with foreign doctors of different nationalities... So what's the story?
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Bahrain: Doctors are Unemployed, Others Depressed...How'd We Reach this Point?
2021-03-16
As the world's countries are working on giving the appropriate recognition to the medical sector, being the sector that is trying to save the world from the Coronavirus pandemic, the Bahraini authorities are finding ways to complicate recruitment and training of medical and nursing graduates.
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Bahrainis Reject Netanyahu's Visit to Manama: Al-Wefaq
2020-12-01
Al-Wefaq Society issued a comment on a number of topics in which it affirmed that it rejects the visit of Zionist prime minister to Bahrain and its commendation of the sectarian rulings issued by the regime's courts against citizens of a certain sectarian component for reasons related to freedom of religion and belief.
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Ongoing Closure of Obsequies and Mosques Preventive Measure or Persecution against Specific Sect?
2020-08-02
Bahraini citizens have wondered a lot about the reason behind keeping the obsequies (religious congregation halls) and mosques closed and the refusal to open them although people have shown readiness to comply with the necessary health measures.
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Editorial: Letter to Nasser bin Hamad, What does Excellence Mean to you?
2020-07-02
Perhaps it is natural and acceptable that the Crown Prince, owner of the "Crown Prince's International Scholarship Program", met the top students online, to deliver a national message on behalf of the state and his program.
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Al-Wefaq: British Ambassador's Statements Present false Image, Contrary to Reality
2020-07-01
Al-Wefaq said that the statements of the British ambassador contain some false information and a change of facts. "The statement attributed to the British ambassador contains information that is contrary to the truth, contradicts the Bahraini reality and presents a false picture of what is happening on the ground."
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"Bahrani Chicken Nugget" Video Spreads Widely on Social Media: I'm Afraid of Speaking in My "Bahrani" Accent
2020-06-28
Young Bahraini lady Mirium Al-Zeera spoke innocently and sincerely in a recorded video she posted on her YouTube channel under the title "Bahrani Chicken Nuggets" about the difficulties she faced as a "Bahrani" speaking in her accent.
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Lessons from George Floyd's Death about Police Racism and Brutality
2020-06-23
The killing of African-American George Floyd on May 25, at the hands of Minneapolis police and the protests that followed his death brought back the issue of racism and discrimination to the forefront, similarily shedding light on the oppression practiced by the security authorities against a group of citizens (Shia) in Bahrain.
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Was Al-Shuwaikh Obsequy Dome Demolished or Did it Collapse?
2020-05-21
On Sunday, May 17, 2020, the Dome of Al-Shuwaikh obsequy built in the Bahraini village of Barbar collapsed. Its collapse once again brought to light the religious persecution that the Shiite community in Bahrain suffers from as well as the constant restrictions on their religious rites.
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Before Speaking about Living Together in Peace, Remember that Regime Burnt all Bridges of Conversation with Opposition: Ibrahim Sarhan
2020-05-17
Marking the International Day of Living Together in Peace, Bahraini legal adviser Ibrahim Sarhan recalled in a series of tweets that "the oppression of the Bahraini regime has burnt all bridges of communication with the opposition."
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Injustice against Shia in Bahrain is Reality that must End: Yousif Al-Muhafda
2020-05-16
On the International Day of Living Together in Peace, the Vice President of Salam for Democracy and Human Rights Yousif Al-Muhafda said in a tweet that Bahrain's Shiites are living "an unjust reality that must end".
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Al-Daihi: How is Regime Preventing Stranded Bahrainis in Iran from Returning Home while Allowing Entry of People from around the World for F1?
2020-03-08
Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that regime in Bahrain is preventing citizens stranded in Iran from returning to the country for political reasons, stressing that the regime is dealing in a non-national way, since all countries dealt with the issue in a different way.
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Ashura in Bahrain under Threat
2019-09-09
Ashura in Bahrain is no longer a peaceful spiritual season during which the Shiite majority freely practice their religious rituals as they used to hundreds of years ago. They now practice these rituals under the authority of threats and intimidation after the Bahraini authorities took Ashura season as an opportunity to further harass, provoke and target the Shiite community in Bahrain.
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54 Religious Freedom Violations during 8 Days of Ashura Season: Bahrain Forum for Human Rights
2019-09-09
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that it has recorded in the first eight days (September 1-8) of the Ashura season 54 violations of freedom of religion and belief and the Shia Muslims' commemoration of Ashura in Bahrain.
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Editorial: Ashura Isn’t Just a Black Cloth
2019-09-08
Ashura is not just a black cloth or merely a story, memory or tear. Under all this blackness, there is an idea, and ideas cannot be killed by bullets, nor extracted in interrogation, torture and detention chambers.
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Al-Wefaq: Thousands of Shiite Graduates Prevented from Employment in Education Sector, Saudis and Egyptians Brought
2019-08-26
Accurate information and details revealed a systematic sectarian plan whereby the Bahraini regime deliberately excludes thousands of Bahrainis, who belong to the Jaafari doctrine, from employment in the education sector, the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said.
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A Letter from Bahrain’s Top Students to Dr. Koumbou Boly, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
2019-08-25
On January 24, Bahrain Mirror published a report directed at UNESCO entitled "The scary numbers UNESCO should address on International Day of Education". The report talked about the discrimination practiced with regards to educational scholarships in Bahrain. Unfortunately, the tragedy is being repeated now.
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Bahrain Interfaith Launches Equal Citizenship Charter, Calls on All components to Cooperate
2019-08-10
Bahrain Interfaith Center launched the "Charter of Equal Citizenship" in Bahrain at a conference held on Friday in the Lebanese capital, Beirut
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We’re Not Bigots But We Throw Stones Back
2019-08-05
We are not racists, but we are also not angels too to bear all of this persecution as if we are no one. It’s as if we have no voice or word and are a crushed minority that has no right to defend itself or clap back at those who insult it.