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Bahrain Receives Letter of Protest from Oman over Bombing its Ambassador’s Residence
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain said it received a letter of protest from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman after its ambassador’s residence was bombed in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
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Al-Wedai to Human Rights Council: Bahraini Children Prevented from Receiving Shiite Religious Education
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, the director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), made a statement at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva saying that “most of Bahraini Shiite students have been prevented from receiving their Shiite religious education.”
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Al-Hammadi: Bahraini Cabinet Didn’t Discuss “Smaller Cabinet” nor Period Required for Its Formation
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Minister of Information Affairs, Isa Al-Hammadi, said that the government did not discuss the issue of “Smaller Cabinet” in its weekly meeting.
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Bahraini Public Prosecution Renews Detention of Sheikh Hassan Isa for 15 More Days
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Public Prosecution renewed the detention of senior member of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Hassan Isa, for 15 additional days pending investigation.
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ECCHR Demands Switzerland to Prosecute Bahraini Attorney-General “Al-Buainain” While Present on Swiss territory
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) published an article in which it highlighted a criminal complaint filed against the Bahraini Attorney General, Ali bin Fadhul Al-Buainain, in Switzerland for taking part in torture.
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Bahraini Court Sentences Defendant Accused of Assembly to 5 Years in Prison
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court, presided over by judge Ali bin Khalifa Al-Dhahrani, sentenced a suspect (22 years old) accused of participating in an assembly and starting a fire in Buri to 5 years in prison.
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Bahraini Cabinet: Swiss Statement Is Unfair..Lacks Credibility & Neutrality
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini cabinet criticized the “Swiss Confederation’s Statement” that it described as “unfair for Bahrain and its human rights achievements.”
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“Bahrain’s Uprising...Resistance and Repression in the Gulf”: Book Dedicated to the Feb. 14 Events Featuring 9 Writers
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): On September 15, 2015, “Bahrain’s Uprising...Resistance and Repression in the Gulf” was published. It is a book dedicated to the events of 2011 that took place in Bahrain and edited by Bahrain Watch’s Dr. Ala'a Shehabi and PhD. candidate Marc Owen Jones.
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Bahrain’s National Audit Office: No Remarks on Al-Wefaq’s Record
2015-09-22
Bahrain Mirror: The National Audit Office in Bahrain has confirmed Al-Wefaq’s compliance with its financial and administration requirements, and did not list remarks on the record of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
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Bahrain’s Justice Ministry: Al-Wefaq to Resume Its Activities
2015-09-22
Bahrain Mirror: The Office of Political Society Affairs at the Bahraini Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments announced that “the Al-Wefaq society is to resume its activities and its last general conference is to be adopted.”
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Bahrain Renews Detention of Suspect Accused of Joining ISIS for 15 More Days
2015-09-22
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court, presided over by judge Ali bin Khalifa Al-Dhahrani, ordered renewing the detention of a youth in his 20s accused of joining and contacting a terrorist organization (ISIS), for 15 additional days pending investigation.
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Al-Zaki: No Compromise with Al-Barbaghy Mosque…New Construction Is Deemed Another Mosque
2015-09-22
Bahrain Mirror: Member of the (dissolved) Ulama Islamic Council, Sheikh Fadhel Al-Zaki, said “The Al-Barbaghy mosque is still demolished and they haven’t started rebuilding it yet.”
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Subsidies on Electricity to be Lifted in 2016 Gradually Over 4 Years
2015-09-21
Bahrain Mirror: Member of the minor committee assigned to review the redirection of subsidies and development of government revenues in the Bahraini Parliament, said that “the government aims at lifting subsidies on electricity for non-Bahrainis gradually within a 4-year plan.”
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Local Bahraini Newspaper: Smaller Cabinet Will Include Service Ministries
2015-09-21
Bahrain Mirror: Al-Ayam newspaper, owned by the Bahraini King's advisor Nabeel Al-Hamer, said most of the ministries nominated for being merged in the smaller cabinet are related to services.
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Italian Newspaper: Italy & Spain Preferred Interests to Human Rights
2015-09-21
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Journalist Francesca La Bella said in an article published by the Italian Near East News agency, entitled “Bahrain: Conflict between Interests and Human Rights” said that Italy and Spain chose their interests over human rights.
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Bahraini King Meets PM & CP to Discuss Cabinet & Financial Situation
2015-09-21
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain News Agency (BNA) announced that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met with his uncle, Prime Minister, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in the presence of Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to discuss the requirements of the current stage in light of the financial situation.
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Bahrain’s NIHR Discusses Case of Dismissed Doctors in 2011
2015-09-21
Bahrain Mirror: The complaints, monitoring and follow-up committee of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) said it discussed in its fifth meeting the complaint filed by some members of the medical cadre who were dismissed following the 2011 events in Bahrain.
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“Gulf Air” Says Its Losses declined to 32.8% in 2014
2015-09-21
Bahrain Mirror: Gulf Air”, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, said that its annual losses declined to 32.8% in 2014.
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Shiite Cleric Sanqour: Release of Sheikh Ali Salman & Political Prisoners Will Create Basis to Finding Solutions to Bahrain Crisis
2015-09-21
Prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sanqour said that the shortest and less costly way to address Bahrain's problem is by "activating national slogans that everybody accepts and taking the human rights and political reform route," demanding the release of political prisoners, mainly Sheikh Ali Salman.
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Chairman of Shura Finance Committee: Bahrain Has 2 Options...Increase Public Debt or Take Difficult Measures
2015-09-21
Chairman of the Shura Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (appointed), Khalid Al-Maskati, stated that Bahrain faces two options: Either "borrow and increase the public debt to levels that no one wants, or take difficult but necessary measures to reduce the debt as much as possible."