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BFHR Records 216 Detentions in 1 Month
2017-02-03
Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said Thursday (February 2, 2017) that it recorded 216 detentions within a month, indicating that detainees are subjected to torture.
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The People Spoke their Word: They’ll Carry on Uprising to the Death
2017-02-01
Mass protests were staged in over 50 areas across Bahrain, marking an extraordinary revolutionary day reflecting the people’s perseverance and adherence to their rights and legitimate demands.
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HRW Criticizes Restoring Arrest Power to NSA: Terrorized Families & Tortured Detainees
2017-01-31
Bahrain has restored arrest and investigatory powers to an intelligence agency that conducted "terrorizing" house raids and systematically tortured detainees in 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Life Sentences Issued against 6 Bahrainis over Assembling & Targeting Policemen
2017-01-30
The High Criminal Court issued on Sunday (January 29, 2017) life sentences against 6 suspects and bound them to pay 1551 BD. It also handed down 3-year jail term to a suspect along with a BD 200 fine and acquitted two others.
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Third Letter to Abbas Al-Samie and his Companions
2017-01-28
Today we broke the tyranny of the regime’s media, which sought staining your name and adding you to its terror blacklist. We sought adding you on the nation’s record of martyrdom, struggle and dream of a country for all.
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Torturing Detainees in Jaw Prison Continues since Jan. 15 under Supervision of Mohammad Abdulhamid & Saud Abu Falah
2017-01-26
Information from Jaw Central Prison revealed that there is significant deterioration in political prisoners’ conditions, especially in building number 10 in which some of its detainees were tortured and put in solitary confinement.
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Second Letter to Abbas Al-Samie
2017-01-26
They are afraid of you although you are lying in your grave. They are haunted by your words that hurt their tyranny.
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UK MPs Call for Action on Bahrain Executions
2017-01-25
UK Members of Parliament called on the British Foreign Office to file a complaint against the Bahraini government, and to call for an investigations into torture in the Kingdom. They also demanded their government to interfere concerning the death sentences of Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali Moussa.
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Nabeel Rajab Absent from First Court Hearing Held over Charge of Disseminating False News
2017-01-24
Bahrain’s third minor court started on Monday (January 23, 2017) looking into the case of human rights defender and president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab in which he is accused of disseminating false news and rumors about Bahrain’s internal situations.
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To Abbas Al-Samie
2017-01-24
The brutality of Jaw prison could not silence your renowned smile and laugh, as it could not quell your resilience and perseverance.
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Bahrain: 117 Days on Detainee Disappearance, Criminal Investigations Refuses to Provide Information
2017-01-24
The family of detainee Fadel Abbass said that they were unable to see him since his arrest 117 days ago, indicating that the last call they received from him was in December 10, 2017, when he was still held in the criminal investigations directorate building.
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HRW Warns of Imminent Risk of Execution of Two Detainees whose Confessions Extracted under Torture
2017-01-23
Human Rights Watch said that two Bahrainis, Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa, appear to be at imminent risk of execution despite the authorities’ failure to properly investigate their allegations of torture.
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NIHR Praises Role of Cassation Court Two Weeks after Upholding Death Penalties against 3 Detainees
2017-01-23
President of the Supreme Judicial Council and President of the Court of Cassation, Salim Al-Kuwari, received the members of the Council of Commissioners at the National Institutional for Human Rights (NIHR), led by Abdulaziz Hassan Abul, to submit the NIHR’s annual reports for 2015 and 2016.
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Bahrain’s King Receives Number of Participants in “This is Bahrain” Function, including Kuwaiti Ambassador to Italy
2017-01-19
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received at Safriya Palace on Wednesday (January 18, 2017) Kuwaiti Ambassador to Italy Ali Khalid Al Jaber Al Sabah as well as a number of officials and participants in "This is Bahrain" function.
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Amnesty: Bahrain on brink of crisis, should Commute Death Sentences of Ramadan & Mousa
2017-01-19
Amnesty International said that the Bahraini authorities “must immediately commute the death sentences of two men at imminent risk of execution”. The two death row detainees are Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali Mousa. Amnesty “warned that the harsh response to protests against three executions carried out by firing squad on 15 January risks plunging the country into a human rights crisis.”
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To the King of Bahrain: You Are a Murderer
2017-01-18
Now after January 15, 2017, it is no longer possible to exclude the King and claim that his hands are not stained with blood. After this day, it is no longer possible to say that King Hamad bin Isa did not order the killing of Bahrainis.
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BCHR: 46 Arbitrary Detentions in 1 Week, Total 236 Years in 20 Prison Verdicts
2017-01-17
Deputy President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Yousif Almuhafdah said that the Center documented 46 arrests within a span of 1 week. HE said that those arrested were also subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Reuters: Bahrain Executes Three Shi'ites for Bombing, Sparks Outcry
2017-01-16
Bahrain on Sunday executed three Shi'ite Muslim men convicted of killing three policemen in a 2014 bomb attack, the first such executions in over two decades, drawing condemnation from foreign officials including Shi'ite power Iran.
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EU: We Expressed Concerns that 3 Executed Dissidents Did not Received Right to Fair Trial
2017-01-16
The European Union said on Sunday (January 15, 2017) that it expressed concerns that the 3 dissidents executed by the Bahraini authorities did not receive their right to fair trial.
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AFP: Bahrain Executions Spark Violent Protests
2017-01-16
Bahrain on Sunday executed three men found guilty of killing three policemen, sparking violent protests and stoking tensions between the country's Shiite majority and its Sunni rulers.