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Bahrain Authorities Arrest Ali Mhanna After Announcing Protest Outside Interior Ministry Demanding His Son's Release
2024-05-14
Security authorities in Bahrain arrested activist Ali Mhanna on Sunday, May 12, 2024, after his announcement of participating in a protest outside the Ministry of Interior headquarters.
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Baqer Darwish: There's No Alternative to Political and HR Reform, Freedoms Remain Threatened If Roots of Problems Aren't Addressed
2024-05-01
Baqer Darwish, the head of the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR), stressed "the need to start taking confidence-building measures, including the whitening of prisons (i.e. the release of political prisoners) to correct the course" in Bahrain.
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MP Mohammad Al-Husseini: I Call for Return of Political Life, Societies, and Release of Political Prisoners Mainly Sheikh Ali Salman
2024-05-01
Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammad Al-Husseini demanded "the strong return of political life to Bahrain, the return of political societies, whitening of prisons (i.e. the release of political prisoners), and the release of Sheikh Ali Salman," the Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq Society from prison.
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MP Mamdouh Al-Saleh Calls on Bahrain's King to Release Opposition Leader Sheikh Ali Salman, Allow Return of Exiles
2024-05-01
Bahraini Member of Parliament Mamdouh Al-Saleh urged the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to release opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, the Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq Society, who is currently imprisoned.
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BFHR Holds Seminar on Political Prisoners: Compensate them, Redress their grievances, and Hold those Involved in Violations against them Accountable
2024-04-29
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) organized a seminar on Saturday, April 27, 2024, coinciding with the #FreeBahrainPrisoners campaign, with the participation of the father of the political prisoner Hussein Mhana, former member of the Shura Council of the Al-Wefaq Yusuf Rabie, and the spokesperson for the Prisoners Affairs Committee Jaafar Yahya.
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Baqer Darwish: Every Bahraini Political Prisoner and Victim of HR Violations Has the Right to Compensation
2024-04-28
Baqer Darwish, chairman of the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR), stressed that every Bahraini political prisoner and victim of human rights violations has the right to compensation and redress.
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Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim: Emptying Prisons Would Add Credibility to Corrective Step
2024-04-27
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim hopes that the release of a number of political prisoners will be a promising step toward a serious, accelerated, and comprehensive corrective path to resolve the existing problems in the political relationship between the authorities and the Bahraini people.
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Recent Releases in Bahrain: Something Has Changed
2024-04-20
Since the release of over 1,500 prisoners, about half of whom are political prisoners, as part of the largest royal amnesty of its kind since the general amnesty in 2001, Bahrain has been experiencing a mixture of joy and political instability simultaneously.