We found 634 results for “Bahrain”.
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Bahrain’s Money Talk
August 10, 2016
By Brian Dooley This is a cross-post from Huffington Post. Money talks in Bahrain. In fact it never really shuts up. The ruling family continues to splurge…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: July 25, 2016
July 25, 2016
Top News Immigration Detention Human Rights First today released a new report detailing the increase in asylum seekers held in U.S. immigration detention facilities and…
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Pentagon Forces Congress to Wait for Late Bahrain Report
July 19, 2016
By Brian Dooley This blog is cross posted from the Huffington Post Remember how a few weeks ago the State Department, almost five months late,…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: July 18, 2016
July 18, 2016
TOP NEWS Guantanamo Bay There are 59 motions on the docket for consideration during the next two weeks as the military commission proceedings for the…
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Bahrain Hits Civil Society Leaders with Travel Bans
July 18, 2016
By Brian Dooley This blog is cross posted from the Huffington Post Several leading figures in Bahrain’s civil society who have briefed the State Department…
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What Today’s Abolition of Bahraini Opposition Group Means for the Kingdom and the United States
July 17, 2016
By Brian Dooley Today a Bahraini court dissolved the country’s largest opposition group. The move is a sledgehammer in the face of Bahrain’s already frail…
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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…