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UK MP Who Told Activist To 'Go Back To Bahrain' Guilty Of Racial Abuse
- Friday November 3, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A British lawmaker who once commanded UN peacekeeping troops in Bosnia was fined on Friday, after being found guilty of racial abuse.
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Bahrain Rights Activist Jailed For 5 Years For "Insulting" Tweets
- Wednesday February 21, 2018
- World News | Reuters
A Bahraini human rights activist was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for criticising Saudi Arabia's air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain's prison authorities of torture, his lawyer and fellow activists said.
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Rights Groups Demand Release Of Bahrain Activist As Trial Opens
- Tuesday July 12, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Twenty six Bahraini and international rights groups have called for the release of prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, who faces trial on Tuesday on charges of sending out anti-government tweets that could carry up to 13 years in prison.
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Top Human Rights Activist Rearrested In Bahrain
- Monday June 13, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bahraini security forces rearrested leading human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday in a dawn raid in the Gulf kingdom, his family said on Twitter.
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Bahrain To Release Female Activist With Toddler: Ministry
- Tuesday May 10, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bahrain's foreign ministry said Monday that jailed opposition activist Zainab al-Khawaja who is in jail with her toddler will be released for "humanitarian" reasons.
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Bahrain Sunni Activist Pleads Not Guilty as Trial Opens
- Monday August 24, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A prominent Sunni opposition leader in Bahrain pleaded not guilty today at the opening of his new trial for "promoting political change through forceful means", judicial sources in Manama said.
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Bahrain King Hamad Pardons Shiite Activist Nabeel Rajab for 'Health Reasons'
- Tuesday July 14, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Bahrain's King Hamad on Monday pardoned leading rights activist Nabeel Rajab, serving a six-month jail sentence, for "health reasons", the official news agency BNA reported.
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Iraqi Woman Activist Killed by Islamic State
- Thursday September 25, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Militants with the Islamic State group publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after their self-styled Islamic court ruled that she had abandoned Islam, the U.N. mission in Iraq said on Thursday.
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Bahrain Extends Activist's Custody Despite UN Outcry: Lawyer
- Saturday September 6, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Bahrain court ruled Saturday that prominent rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja be kept behind bars for an extra 10 days despite a UN call for her release, her lawyer said.
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Bahrain Court Strips Convicts' Citizenship: Lawyer
- Thursday August 7, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Nine Bahraini opposition activists convicted on Wednesday of various public security charges have been stripped of their citizenship, said their defence lawyer.
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Bahrain Questions Opposition Activists For Meeting A US Diplomat
- Thursday July 10, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Bahraini authorities summoned two prominent opposition activists for questioning on Wednesday in connection with their meeting with a US diplomat who was ordered to leave the Gulf island nation this week.
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Teenager killed as Bahrain marks anniversary of uprising
- Thursday February 14, 2013
- World News | Reuters
A Bahraini teenager was killed by security forces on Thursday, an opposition website reported, as activists demonstrated on the second anniversary of an uprising demanding democratic reforms in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state.
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Bahrain frees Shiite female activist from jail: Reports
- Wednesday October 3, 2012
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bahraini authorities released Shiite rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja from prison on Wednesday after she served a two-month jail term for destroying government property, her lawyer said.
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Daughter of Bahrain opposition leader sentenced
- Wednesday September 26, 2012
- World News | Associated Press
The daughter of a jailed rights activist in Bahrain was sentenced on Wednesday to two months in prison for damaging property at the police station, including tearing a picture of the Gulf nation's king, officials said.
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Bahrain sentences 8 Shiite activists to life
- Wednesday June 22, 2011
- World News | Associated Press
A court sentenced eight Shiite activists to life in prison Wednesday and issued long jail terms for 13 others in the latest blow by authorities waging a crackdown against protesters seeking greater rights in the Gulf kingdom.Shiite crowds blocked roads with sand piles and called for protest marches -- suggesting the court decision could spark anoth...
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UK MP Who Told Activist To 'Go Back To Bahrain' Guilty Of Racial Abuse
- Friday November 3, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A British lawmaker who once commanded UN peacekeeping troops in Bosnia was fined on Friday, after being found guilty of racial abuse.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain Rights Activist Jailed For 5 Years For "Insulting" Tweets
- Wednesday February 21, 2018
- World News | Reuters
A Bahraini human rights activist was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for criticising Saudi Arabia's air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain's prison authorities of torture, his lawyer and fellow activists said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rights Groups Demand Release Of Bahrain Activist As Trial Opens
- Tuesday July 12, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Twenty six Bahraini and international rights groups have called for the release of prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, who faces trial on Tuesday on charges of sending out anti-government tweets that could carry up to 13 years in prison.
- www.ndtv.com
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Top Human Rights Activist Rearrested In Bahrain
- Monday June 13, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bahraini security forces rearrested leading human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday in a dawn raid in the Gulf kingdom, his family said on Twitter.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain To Release Female Activist With Toddler: Ministry
- Tuesday May 10, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bahrain's foreign ministry said Monday that jailed opposition activist Zainab al-Khawaja who is in jail with her toddler will be released for "humanitarian" reasons.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain Sunni Activist Pleads Not Guilty as Trial Opens
- Monday August 24, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A prominent Sunni opposition leader in Bahrain pleaded not guilty today at the opening of his new trial for "promoting political change through forceful means", judicial sources in Manama said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain King Hamad Pardons Shiite Activist Nabeel Rajab for 'Health Reasons'
- Tuesday July 14, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Bahrain's King Hamad on Monday pardoned leading rights activist Nabeel Rajab, serving a six-month jail sentence, for "health reasons", the official news agency BNA reported.
- www.ndtv.com
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Iraqi Woman Activist Killed by Islamic State
- Thursday September 25, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Militants with the Islamic State group publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after their self-styled Islamic court ruled that she had abandoned Islam, the U.N. mission in Iraq said on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain Extends Activist's Custody Despite UN Outcry: Lawyer
- Saturday September 6, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Bahrain court ruled Saturday that prominent rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja be kept behind bars for an extra 10 days despite a UN call for her release, her lawyer said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain Court Strips Convicts' Citizenship: Lawyer
- Thursday August 7, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Nine Bahraini opposition activists convicted on Wednesday of various public security charges have been stripped of their citizenship, said their defence lawyer.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain Questions Opposition Activists For Meeting A US Diplomat
- Thursday July 10, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Bahraini authorities summoned two prominent opposition activists for questioning on Wednesday in connection with their meeting with a US diplomat who was ordered to leave the Gulf island nation this week.
- www.ndtv.com
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Teenager killed as Bahrain marks anniversary of uprising
- Thursday February 14, 2013
- World News | Reuters
A Bahraini teenager was killed by security forces on Thursday, an opposition website reported, as activists demonstrated on the second anniversary of an uprising demanding democratic reforms in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain frees Shiite female activist from jail: Reports
- Wednesday October 3, 2012
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bahraini authorities released Shiite rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja from prison on Wednesday after she served a two-month jail term for destroying government property, her lawyer said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Daughter of Bahrain opposition leader sentenced
- Wednesday September 26, 2012
- World News | Associated Press
The daughter of a jailed rights activist in Bahrain was sentenced on Wednesday to two months in prison for damaging property at the police station, including tearing a picture of the Gulf nation's king, officials said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bahrain sentences 8 Shiite activists to life
- Wednesday June 22, 2011
- World News | Associated Press
A court sentenced eight Shiite activists to life in prison Wednesday and issued long jail terms for 13 others in the latest blow by authorities waging a crackdown against protesters seeking greater rights in the Gulf kingdom.Shiite crowds blocked roads with sand piles and called for protest marches -- suggesting the court decision could spark anoth...
- www.ndtv.com