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Bahraini Government Confiscates Farhat Khorshid’s House
2015-05-30
Bahrain Mirror: The wife of Farhat Khorshid, who was forcibly expelled from Bahrain, filed a complaint against the ministry of housing over confiscating their home, depriving her husband of his insurance rights, stopping the dispense of their allowance, indicating that “there was no cooperation on the part of competent parties in this regard.”
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Bahraini Police Confiscate Three Refrigerators of Shrimp From Popular Market
2015-05-30
Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini security forces confiscated three shrimp refrigerators from Jidhafs popular market. Eyewitnesses stated that members of riot police accompanied by members of coast guards raided the market today (May 23, 2015).
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Acquitting Tarek Al-Amer of Disdaining the Shiite Sect
2015-05-30
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court acquitted today (Wednesday, May 27, 2015) the author Tarek Al-Amer, who wrote an article in Al-Bilad newspaper (on April 22, 2014) through which he insulted the rituals of the Shiite sect, that constitutes the majority of Bahrainis.
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Court Refuses to Hand Salman’s Defence Team a Copy of the Prosecution’s Plea
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror: Abdullah Al-Shamlawi, one of the defence lawyers of Al-Wefaq leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, said that they requested “a copy of the Prosecution’s plea and record of the court hearing, during which we were not allowed to deliver our plea”, stressing that their “request was denied” by the court.
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Families of Jaw Prison Detainees: We Want to Inform the EU Delegation about the Detainees’ Sufferings
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror: The Families of a number of detainees in Jaw Prison requested that their concern over their sons be relieved, as they have been living in harsh conditions since the outbreak of the mass protests inside prison on March 10.
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Bahrain Mirror Interviews Al-Wadaei After Tories’ Victory: New Strategy to Influence British Policy Towards Bahrain
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain Mirror met with Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, Director of Advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), and interviewed him about the latest results of the UK election, which the Conservative party won again, and Hammond kept his role as foreign secretary.
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Bahrain Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty of Two Youths Accused of Killing a Policeman
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror: The Supreme Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Isa Al-Kaabi, and Nawaf Khalfan as Secretariat, upheld on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 the death sentences of the two youths, Mohammed Ramadan and Hussein Ali Moussa, after being convicted of killing a policeman in Dair village.
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Public Prosecution Doesn’t Renew Rajab’s Pretrial Detention Nor Refers him to Court
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror:: Lawyer Mohammed Al-Jishi said that the Public Prosecution stopped the renewal of the pretrial detention of the BCHR president, human rights activist Nabeel Rajab "over the charge related to his tweets about the Jaw Prison abuses" among other charges linked to his opposition to the war on Yemen.
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Deutsche Bank: Bahrain has Less than Two Years’ Worth of Cash Reserves
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror: The Deutsche Bank stated that Bahrain has less than two years’ worth of cash reserves left at current levels of spending.
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Sheikh Salman’s Defence Team File a False Testimony Complaint
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror: Abdullah Al-Shamlawi, one of the defence lawyers of Al-Wefaq leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, said that the prosecution listened to the defence team as they raised a false testimony complaint against the only prosecution witness, "the interior ministry officer Khaled Al-Saedi".
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BCHR Slams Judge Al-Dhahrani after Salman’s Trial
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expressed its deep concerns over the ongoing trial of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, and the authorities’ verdict to fine the activist Nader Abdulemam 1500 BD over establishing “Insaf” (Equity) organization that aims at tackling cases of discrimination.
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Reuters: Saudi Designates Two Hezbollah Officials as Terrorists
2015-05-28
Reuters: Saudi Arabia has designated two senior officials of the Lebanese Hezbollah group as terrorists, accusing them of involvement in spreading "chaos and instability", state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday
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A Speech on his Behalf in Oslo: Nabeel Rajab Slams Western Countries Accusing Them of “Hypocrisy”
2015-05-28
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, slammed the western states that back the Bahraini and Gulf regimes at the expense of human rights, describing them as hypocrites.
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Bahrain: Parliamentary Proposal to Force Companies into Paying Zakah
2015-05-28
Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Al-Marefi presented a bill to amend some regulations of law by decree No. 12 of 1993 that stipulates the establishment of a Zakah (Islamic almsgiving) fund.
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Ministry of Interior: One of the “Dangerous” Men Wanted by Bahrain Security Authorities Arrested
2015-05-28
Bahrain Mirror: The ministry of interior said that it had “arrested one of the dangerous members wanted by security forces. It had also seized in one of the storerooms in Sitra a large amount of tools and equipment used in executing terrorist acts.
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EU Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis Visits Bahrain
2015-05-28
Bahrain Mirror: The European Union special representative for human rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, said “he is in Bahrain on second human rights visit since 2013”. Lambrinidis said he will meet with the government, noting that he has already criticized it for arresting Nabeel Rajab.
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Bahrain Sentences a Former MP to One Year in Prison
2015-05-28
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court sentenced on Tuesday (May 26, 2015) the former Member of Parliament, Khaled Abdel Aal, to prison after convicting him on charges of posting tweets that insult the ministry of interior.
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Reuters: Expats to Feel Pinch as Bahrain Plans to Cut Subsidies
2015-05-27
Reuters: Bahrain will begin cutting subsidies for goods and services to reduce state spending on its foreign population as low oil prices pressure its budget, a top official said.
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Bahrain’s Crown Prince: I am a Philosopher, Believe Me!
2015-05-27
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain now has a new philosopher. The weak Crown Prince, Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who the West, namely the US, counted on at some point, decided to abandon politics and study theories and philosophy.
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Nasrallah Calls on Bahrain to Launch a National Conciliation
2015-05-26
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, said that the government of Bahrain must stop the defamed formal trial of Sheikh Ali Salman, calling on for the release of all the prisoners and launching national dialogue and national conciliation.