We found 624 results for “Bahrain”.
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Bahrain Medic Recounts Conditions in Jaw Prison
June 10, 2015
This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post: Finally, after serving his three year sentence in a Bahrain prison, 47 year-old nurse Ebrahim Demastani has…
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Fighting Bahrain’s Sectarian Threat
June 3, 2015
This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post: Rocked by last week’s bombings of Shia mosques in Saudi Arabia which killed dozens of people, Bahrain’s…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: June 1, 2015
June 2, 2015
Top News Defense Authorization The Senate is poised to consider its FY16 National Defense Authorization Act, a bill that could have significant ramifications for U.S. national…
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Change is Coming, Slowly and Suddenly
May 28, 2015
By Brian Dooley This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post: A few years ago it seemed almost unimaginable. Ireland’s overwhelming support of legalizing same-sex marriage…
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Two Meetings, Two Policies?
May 21, 2015
This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post: Today President Obama will meet with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi at the White House. The…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015
Top News Equality Yesterday was International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), a time to celebrate advocates around the world who work, often at great risk to themselves,…
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President Obama Fails to Address Reform With Gulf Leaders, Widens Trust Gap with Civil Society
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First said that President Obama’s failure to directly raise human rights reform with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders at Camp David…
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Bahraini Court Upholds Sentence for Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First said that today’s appeal verdict upholding a six-month jail sentence against leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab reinforces the…
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President Obama Urged to Raise Human Rights Concerns During Meetings with Gulf Leaders
May 12, 2015
Washington, D.C. -Human Rights First today urged President Obama to make clear to the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states that progress on human…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015
Top News Gulf Leaders to the U.S. Gulf state leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman will meet…
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How to Counter Terrorism by Supporting Civil Society in the United Arab Emirates
May 11, 2015
INTRODUCTION President Obama recently made a series of commendable declarations supporting civil society and affirming its importance to securing stability and fighting extremism. At the…
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This Week’s DC Meeting of Gulf Leaders: What to Watch
May 11, 2015
By Brian Dooley President Obama has invited leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab…