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No Hollywood Ending for Bahraini Opposition Leaders
June 22, 2015
This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post: Yul Brynner’s 1962 role as a political leader on the run from a middle eastern dictator wasn’t…
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Countering ISIL’s Messaging
June 22, 2015
By Jordan Dannenberg Delegitimizing ISIL’s ideology and messaging is a key pillar of the president’s five-part strategy for “degrading and defeating” it. Last week, PBS’s…
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Bahrain Releases Major Political Leader from Prison
June 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – In response to today’s reports that Ebrahim Sharif, leader of Bahraini liberal secular group Waad, has been released from prison Human Rights First’s…
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Conviction of Bahraini Opposition Leader is a Major Setback to Reform
June 16, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First said today’s conviction of the leader of Bahrain’s main peaceful opposition group Al Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, on political charges seriously damages any hope for a political…
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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…