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Bahrain Mirror Publishes 4th Field's Outcomes Book...Full Political Timeline of 2014
2015-09-17
Bahrain Mirror published "The Field's Outcome" book documenting the political incidents that took place in Bahrain during 2014.
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Field's Outcomes Book 2014
2015-09-17
Bahrain Mirror published "The Field's Outcome" book documenting the political incidents that took place in Bahrain during 2014.
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"1912 Unemployed": Labor Ministry Not Serious About Employing Us...Offered Us Jobs at Fast-Food Restaurants
2015-09-17
A group of unemployed female university graduates, known as "1912 Unemployed", expressed their frustration and disappointment, after a series of unfulfilled promises to find a solution to their problem.
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GCC to Take Measures Against States the Condemned HR Violations in Bahrain
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned the joint statement issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council that was delivered by the Swiss Federation on behalf of a number of states that condemned human rights violations in Bahrain.
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Bahraini Authorities Arrest Musician Yaser Khalifa
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini authorities arrested on Monday (September 14, 2015) musician Yaser Khalifa without giving any information about Khalifa’s arrest.
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Sheikh Ali Salman in Phone Call after His Prosecution Trial: Cuffs Only Strengthen Our Determination
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Over a phone call with his wife Aliaa Radhi, detained Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman says: “The cuffs and all this only strengthens our determination to demand our just demands and rights.”
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Online Registration for Receiving Financial Compensation for Meat Subsidies Lift Opens on Sept. 15
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: President of the Ministerial Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs Rationalising Expenditure said that he has issued directives to open online registration for benefiting from cash compensation as of September 15 following the decision to lift subsidies on meat products.
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Al-Wefaq: Bahraini Authorities Keep Sheikh Ali Salman in Detention Despite Court’s Void Procedures
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s main opposition group Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the authorities decided to “keep Sheikh Ali Salman in detention despite the fact that the court’s procedures were void.”
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Akhbar Al-Khaleej Slams BBC Journalists as Biased Leftists
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: Editor-In-Chief of pro-government Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper Anwar Abdulrahman attacked, for the third time in a row, the BBC, accusing it of being “biased and dishonest.”
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Reuters: British-Bahraini Asks Swiss to Probe Bahrain Attorney General for Torture
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A British-Bahraini man who says he was tortured in Bahrain in 2010 has filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland against Bahrain's attorney general, who was visiting Zurich for an international conference, the man's supporters said on Tuesday.
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AFP: Torture Complaint Filed Against Bahrain Attorney General in Switzerland
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahrainian pro-democracy activist has filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland against the island nation's Attorney General Ali Bin Fadhul Al-Buainain over alleged participation in torture, a Swiss official said Tuesday.
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AFP: Bahrain Court Denies Bail for Shiite Opposition Chief
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's appeals court refused bail Tuesday for Shiite opposition chief Ali Salman pending its review of his conviction for inciting disobedience and hatred, while the prosecution demanded his four-year sentence be stiffened.
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After US Senate, Bill to Prohibit Arms Sales to Bahrain Introduced in House of Representatives
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): US Congressmen Jim McGovern, Joe Pitts, and Hank Johnson introduced last Tuesday (September 8, 2015) a bill in the House of Representatives, which prohibits the sales or transfer of specific arms to the Government of Bahrain until it fully implements all BICI recommendations.
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PHOTOS: Protests on the Eve the Appeals Court Looks into Verdict Against Al-Wefaq Secretary-General
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: A night before the appeals court looks into the verdict against Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman, protestors took to the streets demanding his immediate release.
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Seven Pending Requests by UN Special Rapporteurs to Visit Bahrain
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: The United Nations Special Rapporteurs’ total requests to visit Bahrain reached 7. The Bahraini government hasn’t responded to 6 of them, while the UN special rapporteur Juan Mendez still awaits an appointment to be scheduled to visit Bahrain.
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On the Eve the Appeals Court Looks into Verdict Against Sheikh Ali Salman, Opposition Forces Issue Statement: No Indications of Reform in HR Situation in Bahrain
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: The national democratic opposition forces in Bahrain said that there are no serious indications of reform in the human rights situation in Bahrain.
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Nabeel Rajab: HR Institutions Ready to Help Bahrain Implement Geneva Statement Recommendations
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, said that the human rights institutions in Bahrain are ready to help Bahrain implement the recommendations listed in the joint statement signed by 33 states.
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Bahrain Slams Geneva Statement for “Naming-and-Shaming” & Complains about “Ignoring Information”
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror: The Kingdom of Bahrain rejected the joint statement signed by 33 states at the 30th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling on the countries supporting the statement “to seek information from impartial and credible resources.”
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33 Countries in UNHRC Call on Bahraini Gov’t to Revive National Dialogue to Put an End to Crisis
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Swiss delegation delivered a joint statement signed by 33 states at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva, tackling the human rights situation in Bahrain.
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UN Group Says Al-Wefaq’s Secretary-General Arbitrarily Detained
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror: The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stressed that the Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, is arbitrarily imprisoned.