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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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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.
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Sheikh Ali Salman Entered Courtroom handcuffed & in Prison Uniform: His Appeal Adjourned Until October 14
2015-09-15
Wife of Al-Wefaq's Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman says he arrived handcuffed and wearing a prison uniform to court, presided over by judge Isa Al-Ka'abi, who decided to adjourn Sheikh Salman's appeal until October 14 for pleading.
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Reuters: Group of 32 Countries Criticizes Bahrain's Human Rights Record
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Thirty-two countries including the United States and Britain expressed concern on Monday about Bahrain's human rights record, urging the Western-allied kingdom to protect the right to peaceful assembly and address reports of torture
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AFP: Bahrain Rights Remain 'Serious Concern' for 32 States
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Thirty-two countries on Monday raised the alarm over the human rights situation in Bahrain, urging Manama to investigate reports of torture and other abuses and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Manama Residents Became Grandparents While Waiting for Housing Ministry’s Residential Units
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror: The Al-Wasat newspaper published interviews with a number of Manama citizens in which they complained that “their old residential requests have become almost frozen…and pending for many years”
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Bahraini Court of Appeals to Issue Verdict in Cases Brought against Zainab Al-Khawaja on October 21
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini court of appeals decided on Sunday (September 13, 2015) to adjourn issuing its verdict in four cases brought against opposition activist Zainab Al-Khawaja until October 21, 2015.
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Daily Life in Bahrain brought to a Halt after Revolutionary Youth Block Roads
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s daily life was interrupted on Sunday (September 13, 2015), after revolutionary February 14 Coalition youths blocked roads across the country.
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BFHR: US State Department Defends Bahraini Gov’t that Suppresses its Own People
2015-09-15
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the statement made by the Spokesperson of US Department of State, John Kirby, “makes the US administration a defender of a country that is used to suppressing its people.”