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UK MP Who Told Activist To 'Go Back To Bahrain' Guilty Of Racial Abuse
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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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UK MP Who Told Activist To 'Go Back To Bahrain' Guilty Of Racial Abuse
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
Nine Bahraini opposition activists convicted on Wednesday of various public security charges have been stripped of their citizenship, said their defence lawyer.
