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Category - Bahrain

6 May 2013

UK urges more arms sales to Bahrain as prince visits Counter Terror Expo

A British arms sales team from the UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation has been promoting weapons exports to Bahrain.
15 Mar 2013

Charles flies to Saudi Arabia and ignores human rights

At a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan yesterday (13 March), a visitor expressed his shock at what he saw. It was, he said, an “unbelievable and heartbreaking situation”. The visitor was Charles Windsor, commonly called the Prince of Wales. His wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, praised the “strength of spirit” of the women refugees at the camp.
14 Feb 2013

Bahraini prisoners of conscience speak out on 2-year protest anniversary

Prisoners of conscience - including doctors and teachers - in Bahrain have spoken out about their plight in a new briefing released by Amnesty International.
20 Dec 2012

Bahrain condemned for detaining 16-year-old boy in adult jail

Amnesty International has condemned the Bahraini authorities’ detention of a 16-year-old boy in an adult prison in violation of international human rights standards.
3 Dec 2012

Bahrain urged to free prisoners of conscience

Opposition activists must be released immediately in Bahrain , Amnesty International has said ahead of a court decision on their case today.
18 Oct 2012

MPs question government's arms sales to repressive regimes

The Foreign Affairs Committee has called on ministers to recognise contradictions between promoting human rights and selling arms to dictatorships.
4 Sep 2012

Bahrain told to free prisoners of conscience after 'outrageous' verdict

The decision by Bahrain’s appeal court to uphold sentences against 13 opposition activists has been roundly condemned by Amnesty International.
16 Aug 2012

Bahrain verdict delay is 'denial of justice'

The postponement of a verdict in the appeal case of 13 Bahraini opposition activists has been criticised as “tantamount to a denial of justice.”
14 Aug 2012

Delay in Bahrain verdict in activists’ appeal a ‘denial of justice’

The High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain has postponed until 4 September 2012 the final verdict on the appeal of 13 opposition activists
13 Aug 2012

Bahraini authorities asked to release political activists

The Bahraini authorities must release 13 opposition activists and prisoners of conscience Amnesty says, ahead of this week's expected verdict.

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