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Freedom House in 2021 Annual Report: Bahrain "Not Free", Activist Subjected to Spying, Attacks
2021-09-28
Freedom House Organization said in its 2021 annual report, published on its official website, that "Internet freedom in Bahrain remains restricted. Authorities continued to block websites and forced the removal of online content, particularly social media posts criticizing the government."
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Freedom House: Bahrain, Fifth Most Country to Witness Decline in Freedoms Worldwide in 2018
2018-01-23
Freedom House released its annual report on freedom in the world in 2018, entitled, "Democracy in Crisis", stressing on the decline in the level of democracy in countries around the world, rating 25% of countries of the world as “Not Free”.
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Freedom House Lists Nabeel Rajab among Faces of Internet Freedom in the World
2017-11-21
Freedom House has listed 12 people as the most prominent figures in combating injustice via their online activity. Among these figures was Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who has been detained by the authorities in Bahrain since mid last year.
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Freedom House Annual Report: Authorities in Bahrain Refuse to Give Foreign Media Reporters Accreditation
2017-11-17
Freedom House published on its website its Freedom of the Press report for 2016, rating countries worldwide, including Bahrain.
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Freedom House in Annual “World Freedom” Report: Bahrain One of Middle East’s Most Repressive States
2017-04-29
Freedom House issued its annual report on World Press Freedom, and Bahrain was among the “Not Free” countries, and one of the worst countries on the level of freedom. It also noted that Bahrain “has become one of the Middle East’s most repressive states.”
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Freedom House Calls on Bahrain to Halt Violence against Protesters
2017-01-31
In response to the Bahraini security forces firing live ammunition at peaceful protesters in Diraz, Freedom House issued a statement calling on Bahrain to halt violence against protesters.
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Freedom House: Bahrain: Spy Agency Regains Arrest Powers
2017-01-10
In response to the Bahrain government's decision to restore the authority of the domestic intelligence service, the National Security Agency, to make arrests, Freedom House issued a statement on its website.
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Freedom House Demands Bahrain to Cancel Decision that Restores Judicial Competence to “National Security”
2017-01-08
The American Freedom House organization concerned in freedom issues demanded Bahrain to cancel the decision that restores judicial competence to the National Security Agency that is involved in torture.
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Freedom on the Net in 2016: Online Criticism of Saudi Arabia Punishable by Imprisonment
2016-11-29
Freedom House listed Bahrain in its annual Freedom on the Net report for 2016 among the 26 “Not Free" countries that implement tight censorship on online content.
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Freedom House: Bahrain Rated Not Free in the Freedom on the Net 2016 Report
2016-11-19
Freedom House said that Bahrain remains “Not Free” and that the government continued its efforts to silence online dissidents.
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Freedom House: Bahrain Uses Baseless Interrogations to Intimidate Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman & Other HR Defenders
2016-08-16
Freedom House strongly condemned Bahraini authorities’ decision to formally question Sheikh Maytham Al Salman on Sunday.
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Bahrain Government Takes Direct Control over Internet through Central System that Blocks Websites
2016-08-09
Bahraini authorities said telecommunications companies in Bahrain that provide internet services are obliged to purchase unified technical system that blocks websites.
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Freedom House Recalls Abdulhadi & Zainab Al-Khawaja on Its 75th Anniversary
2016-05-26
Freedom House recalled two Bahraini activists in celebration held, marking its 75th anniversary.
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Freedom House Rates Bahrain "Not Free" on Net
2016-03-03
In its report on freedom on the internet, Freedom House rated Bahrain as "Not Free" among 6 other countries, including Syria and Saudi Arabia.
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Freedom House: Bahrain Continues to Strip Shiite Dissidents of Citizenship
2016-01-30
Bahrain’s level of freedom continued to deteriorate according to the index of political rights and civil liberties that Freedom House uses to determine the freedom status of countries across the world. For the seventh consecutive year, Freedom House has classified Bahrain as “Not Free”.
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Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net Report: Bahrain Harasses Twitter Users with Army of Trolls
2015-10-30
Bahraini Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain scored 72 on a scale of (0 = Best, 100 = Worst), according to Freedom House’s annual Freedom on the Net report, which highlighted that an “army of trolls has been active on Twitter since February 2011 to collectively harass and intimidate online activists.”