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Saudi teenager faces death penalty as crackdown widens in kingdom
Saudi authorities are likely to execute a teenager who has been held in pre-trial detention for almost four years, as…
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Manama using anti-terror laws to silence speech freedom, dissidents: Rights group
An independent human rights group says Bahraini officials are exploiting anti-terror laws to suffocate freedom of speech and silence voices…
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Shia activist sentenced to year in prison over charges of inciting hatred against the regime on social media
The fifth Minor Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced a Shia activist to one year in prison after he was accused of sending…
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Amnesty International voices concern over Bahrain crackdown on opposition
Amnesty International has expressed “grave concerns” over a campaign of suppression by Bahrain’s ruling Al Khalifah regime against Shia activists…
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Detained Saudi activists tortured by electrocution, flogging: Amnesty International
Amnesty International says detained political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in Saudi Arabia face sexual harassment, torture and other forms of…
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Bahraini courts issued death sentences for 32 anti-regime activists since 2011
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has condemned the kingdom’s persistence on passing death sentences against Shia activists, calling…
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Bahrain steps up campaign of arrest ahead of parliamentary elections
Bahraini forces have stepped up arrests of Shis activists ahead of this month’s parliamentary elections in the Gulf kingdom.
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Bahrain’s authorities perpetrated 2,165 human rights violations in 2017: Rights group
An independent human rights group says it documented 2,165 cases of grave human rights violations in Bahrain last year as…
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Bahraini regime forces raid houses across kingdom, detain many activists
Human rights activists say Bahraini regime forces have stormed dozens of houses and arrested tens of Shia activists across the…
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Saudi forces kill 3 activists in Shia-populated Qatif
Three Shia activists were reportedly killed in a Wednesday raid by the Al Saud regime forces on a house in…
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