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15 Int’l HR Groups Send Urgent Letter to World Powers: Bahrain's Reprisals against Alwadaei’s Family Must End
2017-10-28
Fifteen international rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Reprieve, Reporters without Borders (RSF) and Index on Censorship, sent a joint letter to a number of world powers and international and UN groups to urgently raise, both publicly and privately, the case of Sayed Ahmad Alwadaei’s relatives.
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Bahraini Court Upholds 10-Year Jail Term against 9 Defendants Accused of Burning Cleaning Truck
2017-05-09
The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a verdict sentencing 9 suspects to 10 years in prison with the execution of sentence, after the security authorities accused them of burning a truck affiliated to cleaning company in Bani Jamra.
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Parliamentary Proposal Suggests Appointing Military, Security, Legal Attaches in 4 Bahraini Embassies Abroad
2016-11-12
Members of Parliament demanded the government to appoint new military, security, and legal attaches in Bahraini 4 embassies abroad in light of the "vicious attacks Bahrain faces from international organizations".
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Al-Hakim Criticizes World’s “Silence” Towards Incidents in Yemen and Bahrain
2016-10-09
The National Iraqi Alliance chief, Sayed Ammar Al-Hakim slammed the major countries and international organizations for their silence towards what is happening in both Yemen and Bahrain.
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NPWJ Firmly Condemns Sentence Issued against Sheikh Ali Salman
2016-06-01
No Peace Without Justice condemned “astonishing increase in prison sentence...
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Index on Censorship: Dissidents Still Face Threat of Statelessness & Deportation
2016-05-04
Index on Censorship said in a statement published online that "Bahrain, in particular, has intensified the use of stripping citizenship from those who dissent or speak out in protest as a form of punishment" and that "these practices and threats should immediately cease and all those who have fallen victim should have their citizenship restored. It is their right."
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Bahraini Parliament Forms 5 Minor Committees to Confront Reports of HR Groups Documenting Violations
2016-01-22
Bahrain Mirror: The human rights committee in the Bahraini Parliament decided to form 5 separate units within the committee itself to divide and distribute human rights files that are full of violations documented by international human rights organizations in periodic reports.
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ICUJP Honors Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman with 2015 Advocate of Peace Award
2015-10-10
Bahrain Mirror: Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP) announced that it issued its 2015 Advocate for Peace Award to Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, head of religious freedom unit at Bahrain Human Rights Observatory.
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41 NGOs Urge Bahrain to Release Al-Signace as his Hunger Strike Exceeds 160 Days
2015-09-01
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A group of Bahraini and International Human Rights Organizations launched a joint appeal demanding the Bahraini government to release Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace, who has been on hunger strike for more than 160 days.