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Bahraini forces attack anti-regime protesters

Bahrainis have held yet another protest in the capital, Manama, against the Al Khalifa crackdown on anti-regime demonstrations. Security forces on Thursday opened fire on the demonstrators demanding the release of detained opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman. The forces also stormed into a mosque in Manama and arrested a number of protesters. Similar protests were also held in other parts of the country in ...

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Bahraini forces clash with mourners after funeral

Fierce scuffles have broken out between regime forces and mourners in Bahrain following a funeral for a man killed in a bomb explosion earlier this week, Press TV reports. The clashes erupted after Bahraini police officers attacked the mourners, who had come together in the village of Karzakan, situated 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of the capital, Manama, on Sunday to mourn the death of 72-year-old Ab ...

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Bahraini regime forces attack Shia mourners

Bahrain regime forces have attacked a group of Shia Muslims participating in a religious procession marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Bahraini soldiers roamed the streets in the village of Nuwaidrat, situated about 10 kilometers (six miles) south of the capital, Manama, in armored vehicles on Tuesday, as people marched ...

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Bahrain detains top activist Nabeel Rajab again

Bahraini police have arrested prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab over his anti-regime tweets as Manama continues its crackdown on protests in the country. The Saudi-backed police questioned Rajab, the director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), on Wednesday over his remarks on Twitter. "Legal measures have been taken to refer him to the general prosecution," Manama said in a statement, addin ...

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Bahrain court gives life sentences to 9 protesters

A court in Bahrain has sentenced nine anti-regime activists to life in prison and revoked their citizenship. All nine convicts were implicated in the case of allegedly smuggling weapons and explosives by sea. This is the latest in a series of convictions that the Al Khalifa regime has imposed against protesters, including prominent rights activists. Dozens of Bahrainis including politicians, academics and c ...

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Amnesty voices concern over Bahrain trial proceedings

Amnesty International has voiced serious concern about the ongoing trial proceedings against dozens of anti-regime activists in Bahrain. The rights group urged the Manama regime to overturn a 2012 ruling that arbitrarily revoked the activists’ nationality. “The organization is urging the (Bahraini) authorities to rescind the decision to revoke the nationality of 31 people and drop the charges of being in th ...

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HRW calls on Manama to free 13 dissents

Human Rights Watch has called on the Bahraini regime to release 13 dissidents serving long prison terms in the Persian Gulf state. “These men are in jail only because they vigorously called for democratic reforms, an unfair detention that prompted Abdulhadi al-Khawaja to begin his hunger strike,” said Joe Stork, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division. Dozens of Bah ...

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Bahraini forces attack anti-regime protesters

Regime forces in Bahrain have once again attacked anti-regime protesters in the Persian Gulf country as the ruling Al-Khalifa toughens its crackdown on the opposition. A protest was staged in the northeastern island of Sitra near the capital, Manama, on Monday despite a ban on public gatherings in the country. Al Khalifa regime forces fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, who had taken to the streets t ...

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Bahrainis call for downfall of Al Khalifa regime

Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets to demand the overthrow of the ruling Al Khalifa regime. The new demonstrations were held on Sunday to mark a year since a teenage protester was shot dead by Manama regime forces. The 14-year-old Ali Jawad al-Sheikh was killed at a mosque while attending religious ceremonies on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The ...

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Human rights activist Khawaja denied entry to Bahrain

Bahraini human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja has been denied entry and detained upon arrival in her country. Security forces at the Manama International Airport told the Bahraini activist on Friday that she no longer holds Bahraini citizenship. The Bahraini passport of Khawaja, who also has Danish citizenship, was confiscated at the airport. She has now started a water-only hunger strike for not being a ...

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