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23 Aug 2012

Bahrain Overturns ActivistÂ’s Twitter Case

A Bahrain judge on Thursday overturned a conviction against a prominent human rights campaigner for posting alleged anti-government comments on social media, but the activist remained jailed while appealing another prison sentence.
A Bahrain judge on Thursday overturned a conviction against a prominent human rights campaigner for posting alleged...
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22 May 2012

Secret Clinics Tend to Bahrain’s Wounded

Three young men were slumped on a living room mat, groaning with pain from nuggets of birdshot lodged in a cheek, a forehead and under the lid of an eye. Bahrain s nightly protests had exacted their reliable toll. Friends dragged the men away from the clashes and the riot police, to a safe house nearby. Soon, it was time to go, but not to a hospital: the police were there, too. "No one goes to the hospital," one protester said.
Three young men were slumped on a living room mat, groaning with pain from nuggets of birdshot lodged in a cheek, a...
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21 Apr 2012

Bahrain Protests Intensify Before Formula One Race

The Sunni monarchy has been hoping that the Formula One Grand Prix, its showcase annual event, would restore Bahrain s stature as a stable Persian Gulf kingdom, blighted after months of antigovernment protests by the Shiite majority that led to the cancellation of the race last year.
The Sunni monarchy has been hoping that the Formula One Grand Prix, its showcase annual event, would restore Bahrain s...
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23 Nov 2011

Report Details Excessive Force Used Against Bahrain Protests

The head of an international commission investigating Bahrain s sweeping crackdown on antigovernment protests over the summer said on Wednesday that security forces used excessive force, including torture and forced confessions, against detainees in a campaign that deeply polarized the country, a prominent American ally in the Gulf.
The head of an international commission investigating Bahrain s sweeping crackdown on antigovernment protests over the...
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21 Nov 2011

Bahrain Nervously Awaits Revolt Report’s Findings

Bahrain's forgotten revolt sometimes reads like the script for a film of international intrigue, where the truth remains elusive. - Bahrain s protests in February and March stand as the opening credits to a plot that remains unresolved today, in an oil-rich region that sits at the nexus of American hegemony, regional rivalries and looming instability. In all the revolts that have roiled the Arab world this year, Bahrain s government managed a tactical, perhaps ephemeral victory through force.
Bahrain's forgotten revolt sometimes reads like the script for a film of international intrigue, where the truth remains...
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crackdown, independent inquiry, iran, saudi arabia
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5 Nov 2011

Protesters Blocked From Returning to Bahrain’s Pearl Square

Hundreds of protesters were prevented from returning to a symbolic square in Bahrain s capital, Manama, on Friday, following the funeral of a man the main opposition party said was beaten to death by security forces this week.
Hundreds of protesters were prevented from returning to a symbolic square in Bahrain s capital, Manama, on Friday,...
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16 Sep 2011

Repression Tears Apart Bahrain’s Social Fabric

The battle began soon after sundown. And for the next six hours, in air heavy with heat and tear gas, phalanxes of police officers in helmets battled scores of youths in ski masks, as customers at a Costa Coffee not far away sat like spectators.
The battle began soon after sundown. And for the next six hours, in air heavy with heat and tear gas, phalanxes of...
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31 Aug 2011

Police in Bahrain Kill 14-Year-Old During Protest, Activists Say

Human rights activists in Bahrain, the tiny but strategically important Persian Gulf monarchy, said security forces there killed a 14-year-old boy on Wednesday as they violently dispersed a protest in the oil town of Sitra, just south of the country s capital, Manama.
Human rights activists in Bahrain, the tiny but strategically important Persian Gulf monarchy, said security forces...
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22 Jun 2011

8 Bahrain Activists Get Life Sentences

A special military court in Bahrain convicted 21 mostly Shiite activists on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government during antigovernment protests this year, sentencing eight to life in prison and the others to terms up to 15 years.
A special military court in Bahrain convicted 21 mostly Shiite activists on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to...
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23 Feb 2011

Bahrain King in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Unrest

A day after one of the largest pro-democracy demonstrations this tiny Persian Gulf nation had ever seen, its king was in Saudi Arabia, a close ally and neighbor, to discuss the unrest engulfing the region.
A day after one of the largest pro-democracy demonstrations this tiny Persian Gulf nation had ever seen, its king was in...
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20 Feb 2011

Protesters Take Bahrain Square as Forces Leave

Thousands of jubilant protesters surged back into the symbolic heart of Bahrain on Saturday as the government withdrew its security forces, calling for calm after days of violent crackdowns.
Thousands of jubilant protesters surged back into the symbolic heart of Bahrain on Saturday as the government withdrew...
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17 Feb 2011

Riot Police in Early Morning Raid on Bahrain Protesters

Without warning, hundreds of heavily armed riot police officers rushed into Pearl Square here early Thursday, firing tear gas and concussion grenades at the thousands of demonstrators who were sleeping there as part of a widening protest against the nation s absolute monarchy.
Without warning, hundreds of heavily armed riot police officers rushed into Pearl Square here early Thursday, firing...
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