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French Parliamentarians Speak of Official Crackdown Campaign against Political Prisoners in Bahrain
2019-10-17
A number of French MPs talked about the increasing human rights violations in Bahrain, particularly violations against political prisoners.
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HRW: Bahraini Authorities Deny Prisoners Adequate Medical Care
2019-10-09
Bahrain's authorities are failing to provide adequate medical care to high-profile prisoners, Human Rights Watch and the Bahrain Institution for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said.
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Family of Cancer Patient Detainee Elias Al-Mullah Concerned about his Health Deterioration
2019-09-28
Mother of cancer patient detainee Elias Al-Mullah expressed concerns regarding his low immunity and inability to resist the disease.
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Health of Hunger Strike Detainee Osama Al-Saghir Deteriorates
2019-09-26
Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that the health of Osama Al-Saghir, who is sentenced to 60 years in prison, deteriorated on Tuesday (September 24, 2019). She said Al-Saghir fainted and fell on the ground in the restroom.
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NIHR Says It Follows Health Conditions of Strikers in Jaw Prison Daily
2019-08-30
The National Institution for Human Rights said that it follows the health condition of prisoners on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison on a daily basis.
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On Prisoners of Conscience 10th Day of Strike, King Issues Royal Pardon for 250 Indian Prisoners in Honor of Narendra Modi
2019-08-26
The photos of woeful women standing in front of the prison gates waiting to visit their sons, husbands, or brothers didn't stir the king's emotions. He didn't order stopping the humiliating searching they are subjected to. He didn't even listen to the appeals of children who called for their fathers' freedom on social media. Not even one political prisoner has been pardoned since 2011. However, the king decided to pardon on Sunday 250 Indian prisoners serving sentences in Bahrain, in honor of the Prime Minister who faces controversy over his anti-Muslim decisions.
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Ombudsman Says Jaw Prisoners Demands Not among its Specialty, Defends Prison Administration Measures
2019-08-25
The Ombudsman addressed the hunger strike launched by prisoners in Jaw Central Prison and responded to the detainees' demands through denying some of the complaints and deeming others illegal
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Mohammad Sultan: Empty Stomachs and a King Leading Us to the Abyss
2019-08-24
Hundreds of prisoners of conscience in Bahrain have launched a hunger strike since August 18, 2019, protesting against the inhumane treatment which violates the most basic international standards for the treatment of prisoners.
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Hasan Mushaima's Medical Appointment Canceled: Amnesty Int'l
2019-08-23
Amnesty International said that Jaw Central Prison administration canceled a medical appointed for detained leader Hasan Mushaima, who is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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USCIRF Concerned about Preventing Shia Prisoners' Access to Religious Books in Prison
2019-08-23
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed its concern by reports that the Bahraini government is preventing Shia prisoners' access to prayer books and other religious texts in its prisons.
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Hamburger Joy...Activist Ali Mhanna Lists Facts about Jaw Prison
2019-08-23
A stale and cold hamburger sandwich makes prisoners who are served nothing but bad food happy. Thursday night is the prisoners' favorite night, as this cold meal is the reason for their joy.
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Prisoners' Hunger Strike Enters 6th Day, Prison Administration Insists on Not Answering Their Demands
2019-08-22
The hunger strike battle entered its sixth day, while the Jaw prison administration turns a blind eye to the prisoners' demands, exerts more pressure and threatens them that worse is to come.
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NIHR Says "Some" Demands of Prisoners on Hunger Strike "Legitimate"
2019-08-21
Maria Khoury, Chairperson of National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), said that a delegation from the institution visited the prisoners on hunger strike in Jaw Prison, adding that some of their demands are "legitimate".
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Why Are Bahrain’s Prisoners Entering the Hunger Strike Battle?
2019-08-20
"It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones," says Nelson Mandela.
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Al-Wefaq: Int'l Community and Free World Must Act to Protect Bahraini Prisoners
2019-08-20
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society declared that it is necessary to take action to save prisoners of conscience in Bahrain, who are subjected to various forms of harassment, oppression and deprivation in prisons.
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196 Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike in Solidarity with 15 Political Prisoners in Isolation Building
2019-08-19
81 prisoners in building 13 have joined the hunger strike, along with 115 others in building 14, in solidarity with the 15 prisoners who started an open hunger strike on (Thursday, August 16, 2019), in protest against the strict security restriction, discrimination from the rest of the prisoners and the harsh conditions they have been suffering two years ago.
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Detainee Ali Al-Ghanemi Demands Investigating Attack They Suffered in Building 13 in Jaw Prison
2019-07-23
Detainee Ali Al-Ghanemi demanded the competent parties to take action in order to save him as well as the other political prisoners who are being ill-treated and tortured due to demanding their rights.
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Detainee Hussein Al-Sehlawi Held in Isolation, Denied Treatment: HR Activist
2019-07-23
Detainee Hussein Al-Sehlawi is suffering from "persecution" as he is denied his right to treatment, human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said. She added that he is not allowed to contact prisoners and is held in solitary confinement.
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Health of Detainee Mohammad Al-Singace Deteriorates after 28 Days of Hunger Strike
2019-07-23
Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that detainee Mohammad Al-Singace, who is on hunger strike, suffered a health setback due to a severe drop in blood sugar level, and was transferred to the prison's clinic as a result.
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Political Prisoners in Building 13 in Jaw Prison Beaten, Insulted, Transferred to Solitary Confinement
2019-07-23
Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh confirmed that a number of prisoners in building 13 in Jaw Central Prison were beaten, insulted and put in solitary confinement after demanding their rights.