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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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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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AFP: Bomb Attack on Bahrain Police Station, No Casualties
2015-09-12
Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A bomb attack targeted a police station in a Bahraini Shiite village without causing casualties, the Sunni-ruled kingdom's official BNA news agency reported Friday.
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AFP: Bahrain Arrests Man for Online 'Insults' to Troops in Yemen
2015-09-08
AFP: Bahrain has arrested a man for posting "insults" on social media of its soldiers participating in the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, prosecutors said Monday.
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Reuters: Bahrain Postpones Plan to Remove Meat Subsidies
2015-09-03
Reuters: Bahrain has postponed by one month a controversial plan to remove government subsidies on meat, in a sign of the political obstacles that Gulf Arab governments face as they try to reduce social handouts to save money.
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AP: Explosion in Bahrain Kills Police Officer, Wounds 7 Others
2015-08-29
AP: An explosion in Bahrain has killed one police officer and wounded seven other people, among them a child, the country's Interior Ministry said late Friday.
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AFP: Policeman Killed And Seven People Injured in Bahrain Blast
2015-08-29
AFP: A policeman was killed and seven people, including a child, injured in an explosion Friday evening in a predominantly Shiite district of Bahrain's capital Manama, authorities said.
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Reuters: Policeman Killed by Blast in Bahrain Village
2015-08-29
Reuters: A "terrorist blast" in a Shi'ite village in Bahrain killed a policeman on Friday, the country's interior ministry said.
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Reuters: Bahrain Says Holding Former MP on Charges of Financing Militants
2015-08-24
Reuters: Bahrain has detained a former member of parliament on charges of financing militants, state news agency BNA said late on Sunday, the latest in a series of arrests of opposition figures.
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AFP: Police Patrol Comes Under Attack in Bahrain
2015-08-15
AFP: A Bahraini police patrol came under attack in a village near the capital Manama on Friday, without causing casualties, the interior ministry said, as demonstrators held anti-government protests.
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AP: Bahrain Arrests 5 Bombing Suspects Allegedly Linked to Iran
2015-08-14
AP: Bahrain's chief of police says five suspects with links to Iran have been arrested in connection with a bombing last month that killed two police and wounded six others.
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AFP: Bahrain Arrests 5 Bombing Suspects Allegedly Linked to Iran
2015-08-14
AFP: Bahraini authorities have arrested five suspects, allegedly with links to Iran, in connection with a bombing that killed two policemen last month in the Gulf kingdom, the interior ministry said Thursday.
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Reuters: Five Held in Connection With Deadly Bahrain Blast
2015-08-14
Reuters: Bahrain has detained five people behind a bomb attack in July that killed two policemen, the interior ministry said on Thursday, and accused them of being linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
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Reuters: Bahrain Lifts Brief Ban on Opposition Paper
2015-08-10
Reuters: Bahrain has lifted a ban on the main opposition newspaper which it had imposed a few days previously, accusing it of threatening national unity and relations with other states, the official news agency BNA reported.
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AFP: Bahrain Lifts Ban on Pro-Opposition Newspaper
2015-08-10
AFP: Bahrain has given permission to a pro-opposition newspaper to resume publishing after a two-day ban that drew criticism from human rights groups, state media said.
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Reuters: Bahrain Suspends Opposition Newspaper
2015-08-07
Reuters: Bahraini authorities have suspended the country's main opposition newspaper, accusing it of threatening national unity and relations with other states, the official news agency BNA reported late on Thursday.
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AP: Bahrain Suspends Publication of Independent Newspaper
2015-08-07
AP: Bahrain's government has suspended the publication of the independent newspaper Al-Wasat.