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Security Forces Storm Building 5 in Jaw Prison to End Prisoners' Sit-in, with Reports of Injuries Among Them
2024-04-25
Security forces stormed Cellblock 3 in Building 5 of the Jaw Central Prison on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, aiming to forcibly end the sit-in of political prisoners.
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Recent Releases in Bahrain: Something Has Changed
2024-04-20
Since the release of over 1,500 prisoners, about half of whom are political prisoners, as part of the largest royal amnesty of its kind since the general amnesty in 2001, Bahrain has been experiencing a mixture of joy and political instability simultaneously.
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Ayatollah Qassim: Quds Day Teaches Normalizers We're a Nation of Wide-ranging Resistance and Deep Faith in Our Cause
2024-04-07
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim stressed that "Quds Day marches are a source of strength that ignites consciences and action because they unite the nation on the necessity of jihad and resistance," warning that "diminishing the significance of commemorating Quds Day is a victory for the enemy, a decline in the nation's will, and a path towards its defeat."
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Marches in Bahrain Commemorating International Quds Day
2024-04-06
A number of areas and villages across Bahrain witnessed massive marches on the eve of International Quds Day, expressing condemnation of the Bahraini regime's normalization with the Zionist occupation.
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Political Prisoners' Families to Ombudsman and HR Institute: We Demand Immediate, Unconditional Freedom for Our Sons Who Are Dying Slowly
2024-04-05
Families of political prisoners held in Jaw Central Prison issued a message on Thursday, April 4th, 2024, addressed to both the head of the National Institute for Human Rights, Ali Al-Dirazi, and the Secretary-General of the Office of the Ombudsman, Ghada Hameed. In the message, they demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the political prisoners.
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Massive March in Manama in Preparation for International Quds Day Condemns Normalization with Occupation
2024-04-05
The Bahraini capital, Manama, witnessed a significant march on Wednesday evening, April 3rd, 2024, in preparation for observing “International Quds Day.”
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Return of Repression to Bahrain's Streets with the Crown Prince and Prime Minister's Blessing
2024-04-04
Just one day after the banquet hosted by the Crown Prince for senior officers and officials of the Ministry of Interior, repression resumed against peaceful marches organized by the families of political prisoners demanding their release. The crackdown commenced yesterday evening in the village of Al-Qedam.
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Political Societies in Bahrain, Kuwaiti Progressive Movement, Arab Parties Conference Condemn Ibrahim Sharif's Arrest, Demand his Release
2024-03-26
Bahrain's opposition party, Al-Wefaq Society, condemned the Bahraini regime's arrest of the former secretary-general of the Wa'ad Society, a prominent figure in the opposition, Ibrahim Sharif, "due to his political opinions criticizing government policies."
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Jaw Prisoners Raise Chants of Takbir after Hearing News of their Fellow Inmate Hussein Khalil Al-Ramram's Martyrdom Due to Medical Negligence
2024-03-26
Prisoners held in the Jaw Central Prison raised chants of Takbir (i.e. Allah is Great!) from their cells after the announcement of the martyrdom of political prisoner Hussein Khalil Al-Ramram, as a result of medical negligence, and his emergency health condition during a football game activity.
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Once again Ibrahim Sharif Arrested for Criticizing Irresponsible Spending on "McLaren"
2024-03-26
The Bahraini authorities have once again arrested Ibrahim Sharif, the former secretary-general of the Wa'ad Society and a prominent figure in the opposition, and decided to detain him for 7 days pending investigation, based on posts on the formerly Twitter "X" platform.
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Al-Wefaq: Regime Refuses to Register and Document 124 Shia Cemeteries for Years
2024-03-25
The Al-Wefaq Observatory, affiliated with Al-Wefaq Society, stated that "the authorities have been obstructing the registration and documentation of 124 Shia cemeteries for years, despite the mediation of several influential figures and their efforts to resolve the issue."
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UN Rapporteur: Bahrain Authorities Arrested Hashem Al Wadaei to Retaliate Against His Mother's Peaceful Activism
2024-03-21
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, expressed concern about the fate of arbitrarily detained individual in Bahrain, Hashem Al Wadaei.
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GIDHR Condemns Jaw Prison Administration's Disregard for Demands by Dozens of Political Prisoners to End Isolation
2024-03-21
The Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) has condemned the Jaw Central Prison administration's disregard for the demands of over 90 political prisoners to end the adopted isolation policy.
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"The Roundabout of Coexistence and Peace": A Booklet by Al-Wefaq on the Anniversary of the Pearl Roundabout Demolition
2024-03-20
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a booklet titled "The Roundabout of Coexistence and Peace" on the anniversary of the demolition of the Pearl Roundabout by the Bahraini regime in 2011, after suppressing peaceful protesters for a month.
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UN Team: 4 Bahraini Opposition Leaders Subjected to Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Enforced Disappearance, Unfair Trial, and Medical Neglect
2024-03-20
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, on Monday, March 18, 2024, confirmed that 4 senior Bahraini opposition leaders were subjected to arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearance, unfair trial, and medical neglect.
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Jaw Prison Building 10 Inmates Join Counterparts in Buildings 9-7 by Refusing their Meals in Protest of Ongoing Isolation
2024-03-20
Prisoners held in Building 10 at Jaw Central Prison returned their Iftar and Suhoor meals in solidarity with their fellow inmates in Buildings 7 and 9, who protested the transfer of political prisoners to isolation by the prison administration.
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Al-Wefaq: The Bahraini Government Still Ignores Reconstruction of 11 Mosques Demolished in 2011
2024-03-19
Al-Wefaq Society stated that the Bahraini government continues to ignore 11 mosques in various areas after they were demolished by the military during the infamous state of emergency in 2011.
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70 Political Prisoners in Jaw Prison Refuse to Receive Iftar Suhoor Meals in Solidarity with Protesters against Isolation.
2024-03-18
40 political prisoners from Building 9 in Jaw Central Prison refused to receive Iftar (fast-breaking) and Suhoor (pre-dawn) meals starting from Sunday, March 17, 2024, in solidarity with those isolated in the prison, and with 53 political prisoners from Building 7.
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Jaw Prison Administration Continues Siege of Building 7, Confronts Prisoners' Protest against Isolation with New Restrictions
2024-03-17
Security forces at the Jw Central Prison continued their siege of Building 7 in an attempt to suppress the protest and sit-in of political prisoners against the isolation policy pursued by the prison administration.
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Bahraini Court Sentences 6 Bahraini Citizens to 3 Months in Prison for their Solidarity with Gaza.
2024-03-13
On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, a Bahraini court issued a three-month prison sentence against 6 citizens for expressing their solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip in Palestine.