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Reuters: Bahrain's Arcapita Buys Part of Abu Dhabi Property Project for $200 mln
2015-07-14
Reuters: Arcapita, the Bahrain-based investment management firm, has acquired phase one of Saadiyat Beach Residences, a residential real estate complex in Abu Dhabi, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Reuters: Bahrain Frees Rights Activist for Health Reasons
2015-07-14
Reuters: Bahrain has freed prominent dissident Nabeel Rajab more than two months into a six-month jail term for insulting the authorities, citing health reasons, official news agency BNA said.
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Early Morning Raids and Arrests as Al-Fitr Eid Approaches in Bahrain
2015-07-14
Bahraini security forces launched a campaign of house raids in villages and towns across Bahrain, which resulted in a number of arrests thought to be over cases linked to pro-democracy protests.
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Bahraini Salman Turki Killed in Ranks of ISIS
2015-07-14
Supporters of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) announced the death of one of the militant group's Bahraini members, who had appeared in a video last year while tearing his Bahraini passport after immigrating to Syria.
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Bahraini MPs Complaint leads to Arrest of Twitter User for Opposing the Announced State Budget
2015-07-14
The Bahraini Parliament's website made certain that a Twitter user was taken into custody over what it described as "insults against a Member of Parliament."
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Bahraini Court Rejects Releasing Milad and Adjourns his Trial to August 4th
2015-07-14
A Bahraini court refused on Monday (July 13, 2015) to release Majeed Milad, a member of the General Secretariat of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
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AFP: Bahrain King Pardons Shiite Activist Rajab for 'Health Reasons'
2015-07-14
AFP: Bahrain's King Hamad on Monday pardoned leading rights activist Nabeel Rajab, serving a six-month jail sentence, for "health reasons", the official news agency BNA reported.
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King Hamad Issues a Special Pardon to Nabeel Rajab
2015-07-14
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued on Monday (July 13, 2015) a royal decree granting a special pardon to the prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, who is sentenced to six months in prison.
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Bahrain, a fragile target for ISIS
2015-07-13
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): If there were real and wise intentions to contain ISIS, then opposition figures would be outside prison. And there would have been an official apology for demolishing the Shiite mosques and responsible officials would be held accountable.
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Kuwaiti Newspaper: Bahraini ISIS Militant Provided Imam Sadiq Mosque Bomb Attackers with Explosives
2015-07-13
Bahrain Mirror: A Kuwaiti newspaper revealed that the Saudi terrorists involved in the Imam Sadiq Mosque bomb attack confessed that they obtained the explosives material from one of the members of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in Bahrain.
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Al-Wefaq’s Mahdi Al-Ekri after His Release: We Spent Ramadan in Plastic Tents Under the Scorching Sun & Torture of Jordanian Police
2015-07-13
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Al-Wefaq Shura Member Mahdi Al-Ekri, who was released from prison on June 14, 2015, speaks of the sufferings of Jaw Prison detainees during the Month of Ramadan during an interview with Bahrain Mirror.
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AFP: Bahrain Re-Arrests Prominent Sunni Opponent Freed in June
2015-07-13
AFP: Bahraini authorities on Sunday re-arrested a prominent Sunni opposition leader for "violating the law", just three weeks after his release from jail, the interior ministry said on Twitter.
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Reuters: Bahrain Arrests Opposition Leader Freed Three Weeks Ago
2015-07-13
Reuters: Bahrain has arrested a prominent Sunni Muslim opposition leader three weeks after he was freed from jail for plotting to overthrow the monarchy, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
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Detainee Suffering from Sickle Disease in Pitiful Condition Due to Torture & Solitary Confinement
2015-07-11
Bahrain Mirror: The European-Bahraini Organisation for Human Rights said that it received a statement confirming that detainee Hassan Ali Abdullah (20 years old), held in solitary confinement in Dry Dock Prison, is in “a pitiful condition”.
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Moody's Changes Outlook on Bahrain's Banking System to Negative
2015-07-11
Bahrain Mirror: The international rating agency, Moody's Investors Service, has changed the outlook for Bahrain's banking system to negative from stable.
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Majeed Milad’s First Trial Hearing to be Held on July 13 over “Inciting Civil Disobedience of the Law”
2015-07-11
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Public Prosecution decided to refer member of the General Secretariat of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Majeed Milad, to trial. His first trial hearing will be held on July 13, 2015.
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European Parliament Adopts Urgency Resolution on Bahrain Calling for Release of Sheikh Ali Salman & Nabeel Rajab
2015-07-11
Bahrain Mirror: The European Parliament adopted an urgency resolution calling for the immediate release of the leader of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, and the president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, along with the “Bahrain 13” prisoners.
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Bahrain Interrogates Twitter Users and Arrests One Over “Offensive” Tweets to MPs
2015-07-11
Bahrain Mirror: The Al-Bilad newspaper said that the general directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security in Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior began “interrogating owners of Twitter accounts about offensive tweets to the members of parliament and the elected legislative council.”
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Arabian Business: 30% of Bahrain Gov’t Employees to Lose Their Jobs Amid Budget Cuts
2015-07-11
Bahrain Mirror: Up to 30 percent of Bahrain government employees face losing their jobs under a parliament-wide restructuring in response to stringent budget cuts.
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Hackers Infiltrate Italian Spyware Company that Signed Contract with Bahrain to Spy on Citizens
2015-07-10
Information obtained from Hacking Team, an Italian spyware manufacturer, revealed that Bahrain recently purchased spyware from the company and that the latest maintenance of these spyware programs took place during 2015.