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Bahrain: AbdulAziz AlAbbar shot durign funeral with gas canister, birdshot remains in coma

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Bahrain: Victim Of Police Shooting Suffers Critical Brain Injury, Remains In Coma 13 March, 2014 – ABNA The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses concern over the ongoing use of excessive force against peaceful protesters, which is resulting in serious and critical injuries such as the case of AbdulAziz AlAbbar, who has suffered a critical more »

American Exceptionalism: Human Rights Treaty Does Not Apply to US Military and Intelligence Personnel Abroad

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US Black Ops Torture and Rendition Center Around the World U.S., Rebuffing U.N., Maintains Stance That Rights Treaty Does Not Apply Abroad By CHARLIE SAVAGE – 13 MARCH, 2014 – NYT WASHINGTON — The Obama administration declared Thursday that a global Bill of Rights-style treaty imposes no human rights obligations on American military and intelligence more »

17 year old shot by Bahrain Police detained without Charges, denied Access to Medical Care

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Urgent Appeal: 17 year old shot by Bahrain Police detained without Charges, denied Access to Medical Care 9 March, 2014 – BCHR The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is seriously concerned about the health and well being of Sadeq Jaffar AlAsfoor, 17 year-old, who has been in detention since the 8th of January 2014. AlAsfoor, more »

Bahrain Spokesperson Sameera Rajab, latest incoherent rant on "terror threats"

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Terrorists’ identities and source of funding exposed 13 March 13, 2014 – Gulf Daily MANAMA: The identities of terrorists in Bahrain and their sources of funding have been exposed, said Minister of State for Information Affairs and the government’s official spokesperson Sameera Rajab. The terror blast that took place in East Eker was similar to more »

USA, UK, trash decency, constitutions, trample rights, as 2014 Enemies of the Internet

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Enemies of the Internet 2014: entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance 12 March, 2014 – Reporters without Borders Natalia Radzina of Charter97, a Belarusian news website whose criticism of the government is often censored, was attending an OSCE-organized conference in Vienna on the Internet and media freedom in February 2013 when she ran more »

Bahrain Ministry of Injustice launches round-up, illegal deteantion of 25 after bomb blast

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Bahrain detains 25 for involvement in bomb blast 4 MArch, 2014 – PressTV In Bahrain, 25 people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a deadly bomb attack targeting police forces near the country’s capital, Manama, earlier this week. The country’s interior minister Sheik Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa made the announcement during more »

Bahrain Ministry of Injustice extracts 4 bombing confessions after massive round-up, tortures

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4 Bahrainis could face death penalty: Prosecutors 9 March, 2014 – Four Bahrainis could face the death penalty over an alleged attack that killed three policemen earlier this month, prosecutors say. On Sunday, the Bahraini prosecutors issued a statement saying the four men have “confessed” to involvement in the blast that killed the security personnel, more »

Bahrain regime of murder, torture, rape marks end of impunity as police reap street justice

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Bomb wounds two policemen in Bahraini Shi’ite village By Farishta Saeed – Reuters – 11 March, 2014 DUBAI (Reuters) – A homemade bomb exploded in a Shi’ite Muslim village in Bahrain on Tuesday, wounding two policemen, the interior ministry said, nine days after another blast in the Gulf Arab kingdom killed three police officers. Bahrain more »