We found 637 results for “Bahrain”.
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Leading Bahrain Activist Nabeel Rajab Reportedly Arrested
April 2, 2015
Washington, DC – Human Rights First said that the reported arrest of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab today is another alarming setback to…
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Statelessness is a Human Rights Violation
March 30, 2015
By Erica Qualliotine An estimated 10 million people in the world are stateless. One third are children. When people do not legally exist, they are…
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Bahrain’s Prisons At Their Breaking Point
March 20, 2015
By Brian Dooley This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post: Something’s wrong at Bahrain’s main jail, Jaw Prison. It’s hard to get full…
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Is Bahrain the New Apartheid State?
March 18, 2015
By Brian Dooley This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post: Over the last week at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, I’ve…
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Bahrain Medics Still in Prison
March 16, 2015
By Brian Dooley Four years ago today, consultant Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Ali Alekri was arrested by Bahraini soldiers. Dr. Alekri was in the operating room,…
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How to Build a More Sustainable and Mutually Beneficial Relationship with Saudi Arabia
March 10, 2015
“Too often, we have failed to enforce international norms when it’s inconvenient to do so. And we have not confronted forcefully enough the intolerance, sectarianism,…
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United States Should Overhaul Relationship With Saudi Arabia to Support Human Rights
March 10, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today urged the Obama Administration to press the Saudi government to ease its crackdown on civil society, speak out…
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Top 5 Things John Legend Should Know About Bahrain
February 27, 2015
This blog is cross posted from The Hufffington Post: American singer/songwriter John Legend is set to play a gig in Bahrain on Monday, March 2. Bahrain…
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Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Faces New Threat of Arrest
February 26, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Following reports that leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been summoned to report to a police station today, Human Rights First urged the…
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Reports of Torture Haunt Bahrain’s CID
February 23, 2015
This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post: Last week President Obama got it right about terrorism and its causes. Speaking at a Washington summit…
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President Obama Makes Case for Putting Human Rights at the Heart of Countering Extremism
February 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First welcomed President Obama’s speech today at the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism (CVE), in which he affirmed that the fight against violent extremism requires…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: February 17, 2015
February 18, 2015
Top News White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism… Read More