Bahrain
Bahrain: Dictator unwelcome to jubilee event as he intensifies state’s terror
May 18, 2012
The invitation of the dictator, Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifa to the Queen’s Diamond jubilee celebrations has been marred by controversy and media attention that has clouded the event. Human Rights activists have expressed dismay at the invitation and called for banning the dictator from attending.
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May 18, 2012
Activists and pundits accused the United States of hypocrisy last week forresuming arms sales to Bahrain, despite a continuing crackdown on dissent there, even as the State Department condemned Russia for selling arms to the Syrian government….
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Bahrain warns Iran against meddling in its affairs
May 18, 2012
DUBAI — Bahrain on Thursday warned Iran to stop interfering in its internal affairs while affirming its support for a union between the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa made the remarks a day after Iran called on its people to protest on Friday against the union that Gulf officials s…
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Anti-regime protests rage on in Bahrain
May 17, 2012
Anti-regime protesters in Bahrain have set tires on fire and blocked the main roads leading to the capital, Manama, as government forces continue their severe suppression of demonstrators.
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Italy government to reconsider relations with Bahrain
May 16, 2012
The echoes of Bahrain unrest has recently reached the Italian Parliament.
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Bahraini doctor: ‘We became automatic witnesses’
May 16, 2012
(CNN) — A Bahraini doctor arrested and allegedly brutalized for treating an injured protester said he and other medical workers were targeted because of what they saw….
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Grand Iranian Shia Cleric: Bahrain Belongs to the People and not to the Persian Gulf States
May 16, 2012
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – A Grand Iranian Shia cleric denounced Saudi Arabia’s seizure of Bahrain saying that the country belongs to the people and not to the (Persian) Gulf States.
Grand Ayatollah Hussein Noori Hamedani, Iranian jurisprudent and professor at Qom Seminary criticized the Saudi plan to seize Bahrain calling that childish and illo…
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US Resumes Weapons Sales To Bahrain
May 15, 2012
The U.S. has resumed arms sales to the government of Bahrain, which has witnessed recent episodes of massive repression of opposition demonstrations propagated in the country in the wake of the so-called Arab Spring. Washington has made it clear – in an attempt to defuse persistent criticism – that it would not provide the Governm…
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Protests Over Arms Sales to Bahrain
May 14, 2012
One day after the State Department said the United States would resume some arms sales to Bahrain — despite what the United States acknowledges as “unresolved human rights issues” among the country’s leadership — activists on Saturday denounced the measure, as demonstrators descended on the country’s capital city to protest the governme…
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US resumes military sales to Bahrain
May 14, 2012
The United States said on Friday that it is resuming some military sales to Bahrain as part of its commitment to Gulf security, but putting on hold TOW missiles and Humvees due to concern over “serious unresolved human rights issues” in the country.
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