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Washington Week on Human Rights: July 11, 2016
July 11, 2016
TOP ITEMS Global Refugee Crisis This week, the House Committee on Appropriations will markup the Fiscal Year 2017 State and Foreign Operations Bill. In its…
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Four Things President Obama Should Do Immediately About Bahrain
July 11, 2016
By Brian Dooley This blog is cross-posted from Huffington Post. Six weeks ago the Bahrain launched a new, surprising, wave of repression, and the kingdom’s…
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Bahraini Officials Urged to Drop Charges Against Nabeel Rajab
July 11, 2016
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today urged the government of Bahrain to drop all charges against and immediately release prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab. The…
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Time for U.S. State Department to Finally Listen on Bahrain
July 6, 2016
By Brian Dooley This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post Here it comes. A Bahrain court will decide on Monday July 11 whether…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: July 5, 2016
July 5, 2016
TOP ITEMS Bahrain This week President Obama travels to Poland, where he and other world leaders will attend the July 8-9 NATO summit. Human Rights…
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Bahrain Should Release Dissidents Jailed for Free Expression Immediately
June 30, 2016
By Leah Schulz Last week the State Department released its long overdue assessment of Bahrain’s implementation of the recommendations laid out in the 2011 Bahrain Independent Commission…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: June 27, 2016
June 27, 2016
TOP ITEMS Bahrain Wednesday, June 29 marks the one-year anniversary of the State Department’s decision to resume security assistance to Bahrain and remove some holds on arms sales originally imposed following Bahrain’s 2011 crackdown on peaceful protestors calling for reform. The anniversary…
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State Department Releases Congressionally-Mandated Report on Bahrain’s Progress on Reform
June 22, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today said that the State Department’s congressionally-mandated report on Bahrain’s progress in implementing the 2011 Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry…
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Abdulhadi Al Khawaja Sentenced Five Years Ago Today
June 22, 2016
By Leah Schulz In Bahrain the past month has been marred with travel bans, attacks on opposition figures, arrests, and exiles. As the country returns…
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Time for Washington to Act as Bahrain Government Provokes Crisis
June 20, 2016
This blog is cross posted from The Huffington Post Exactly what’s behind the Bahraini government’s thinking in provoking a new political crisis is hard to…
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U.S. Government Should Respond Strongly, Immediately to Al Wefaq Suspension
June 15, 2016
Bahrain’s government suspended the main opposition group, Al Wefaq, on Tuesday. Its headquarters are shuttered, its assets are frozen, all activities are halted, and its website is…
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Bahraini Opposition Group Al Wefaq Suspended
June 14, 2016
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today said that the suspension of Bahrain’s main opposition group Al Wefaq is part of an alarming new crackdown by the…