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Kfm Radio
April 4, 2018
An Irish citizen claims he is being prevented from leaving Bahrain airport after being denied entry to the country. Human rights campaigner Brian Dooley says airport authorities took, and are refusing to return his passport. Sources say he was denied entry to Bahrain as immigration forces considered him toÃâà...
Evening Echo Cork
April 4, 2018
An Irish citizen claims he is being prevented from leaving Bahrain International Airport after being denied entry to the country. Human rights campaigner Brian Dooley says airport authorities took his passport, and are refusing to return it.
Ekklesia
April 3, 2018
Bahrain's interior minister has threatened to crackdown on dissidents and activists who criticise the government online, Human Rights Watch has reported. Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa, the interior minister, said on 25 March 2018, that the government was already tracking accounts that “departedÃâà...
IFEX
April 1, 2018
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) unequivocally condemns the MOI's plans to intensify restrictions on Internet communication as well as the detention of any individuals for exercising their basic right to free expression. We call on the international community to push for theÃâà...
The Guardian
March 22, 2018
Not because she committed any crime, but because I protested in London when the King of Bahrain visited Downing Street in 2016. She is not the only one to face reprisals because of my human rights activism in London. Her mother, brother and cousin all languish in Bahrain's notorious prisons. TorturedÃâà...
Bahrain News Agency
March 18, 2018
Manama, Mar. 18 (BNA): Assistant Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Faisal bin Jabur Al-Doseri, attended today a ceremony held by the Council of Representatives on the occasion of the Arab Human Rights Day, held under the theme "the role of the government institutions in activating the human rightsÃâà...
Bahrain News Agency
March 17, 2018
17 (BNA): Bahrain dailies issued today focused in their principal headlines on the main local, Arab and international events which happened over the past 24 ... Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman lauds Bahrain's hosting of the international entertaining functions. ... NIHR to mark the Arab Human Rights Day.
Bahrain News Agency
March 17, 2018
Chairman of the Human Rights Committee at the Council of Representatives, MP Abdulrahman Bu Majeed, said that the panel session, to be held under the patronage of Speaker, Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Mulla, is in line with the Speaker's interest to consolidate human rights principles and activate theÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 17, 2018
Bahrain, a Persian Gulf monarchy and the smallest Arab country, has an outsized role both in U.S. national security and, since 2011, in the criticism it has received in Congress, from the State Department, and from human rights organizations. The U.S. relies on Bahrain as Fifth Fleet headquarters host.
Bahrain News Agency
March 14, 2018
The agreement was signed by Tarek Saeed Al Shamsi, Director of the Emirates Centre for Human Rights Studies, and Dr. Nizam Assaf, Director of the ... is part of the efforts between the two centres to promote joint work, strengthen and respect the culture of human rights, and enforce it in Arab countries.
Middle East Eye
March 4, 2018
Last month - specifically, 14 February - marked the seventh anniversary of the peaceful protests that swept across Bahrain in 2011, calling for an end to authoritarian rule. Since the popular uprisings, however, intense and sustained state repression has left the Bahraini human rights movement increasinglyÃâà...
Bahrain News Agency
February 28, 2018
He pointed out that the Kingdom of Bahrain as part of the government's work program for the years (2015-2018) "Towards justice, security and well-being of society", and in line with its economic vision until 2030, is keen to promote and protect human rights in the context of sustainable development, afterÃâà...
Bahrain News Agency
February 23, 2018
Manama, Feb.23 (BNA): National Institution of Human Rights (NIHR) Secretary-General Dr. Khalifa bin Ali Al-Fadhel received a US Senate delegation, ... Dr. Al-Fadhel briefed the delegation about the NIHR role in submitting recommendations and monitoring the situation of human rights in Bahrain.
Newsweek
February 23, 2018
Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab at his home in the village of Bani Jamrah, West of Manama, on November 2, 2014 upon his release on bail. A Bahraini court freed prominent Shiite activist Rajab but barred him from travel until his trial resumes over remarks on Twitter deemed insulting to publicÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
December 31, 1999
(Beirut) – Bahrain's interior minister has threatened to crackdown on dissidents and activists who criticize the government online, Human Rights Watch said today. Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa, the interior minister, said on March 25, 2018, that the government was already tracking accounts thatÃâà...
Bahrain News Agency
December 31, 1999
HM the King praised the Bahraini competencies working in the human rights field, commending their honourable efforts in defending the national issues and interests and projecting the kingdom's civilisational and democratic achievements as well as its honourable human rights record. He also lauded theÃâà...
