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Saudi teenager faces death penalty as crackdown widens in kingdom
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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…
Manama using anti-terror laws to silence speech freedom, dissidents: Rights group
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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…
Amnesty International voices concern over Bahrain crackdown on opposition
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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…
Detained Saudi activists tortured by electrocution, flogging: Amnesty International
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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…
Bahraini courts issued death sentences for 32 anti-regime activists since 2011
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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…
Bahrain steps up campaign of arrest ahead of parliamentary elections
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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.  …
Bahrain’s authorities perpetrated 2,165 human rights violations in 2017: Rights group
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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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