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☆ Bahrain political prisoners reject government offer, extend hunger strike
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Aziz El Yaakoubi | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Rights groups and families of detainees say some 800 prisoners are on hunger strike at the capital's Jau prison over what they call harsh conditions there, and they said on Thursday that the prisoners had rejected government concessions. GOVERNMENT DISPUTES NUMBER ON HUNGER STRIKEThe interior ministry said on Monday that it planned to double the daily outdoor time to two hours, increase the duration of family visits and review rates for phone calls after the hunger strike began on Aug. 7. Bahraini authorities deny targeting the political opposition and say they are protecting national security. The government disputes that 800 prisoners have joined the hunger strike, with the General Directorate of Reform and Rehabilitation (GDRR) saying in an emailed statement to Reuters that the number of detainees who have reported being on hunger strike "is 121 and at no point was it over 124". Ahmed Jaafar, another prisoner, was put in isolation after he started the hunger strike and was hospitalised on Aug. 27, his family said in a statement.
Persons: Al Khalifa, Sayed Alwadaei, Alwadaei, Maryam al, Khawaja, Abdulhadi, Ahmed Jaafar, GDRR, Aziz El Yaakoubi, Angus McDowall, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Government, Ministry, Bahrain Institute for Rights, Democracy, of, Rehabilitation, Reuters, United Nations, Thomson Locations: DUBAI, Bahrain, Saudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Bahraini
☆ Drivers urged to help steer F1 away from 'moral vacuum'
  + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton and other Formula One drivers can help steer the sport away from a 'moral vacuum' by speaking out at season-opening races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, human rights campaigners said on Tuesday. One is a road which is a moral vacuum where the leaders and the administrators seem to going," he said. It called for an independent enquiry to examine the role of races in human rights violations. Bahrain's government has said it "actively supports the role Formula One can play in shedding light on human rights issues in all countries it operates in". Scriven said Formula One drivers would be justified in refusing to race in certain countries if the sport failed to put in place a proper ethical framework.
☆ Let Hamilton speak out, says Bahrain rights group
  + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) urged Formula One's governing body on Tuesday to allow seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton and other drivers to speak freely on 'political' issues. read moreMercedes' Hamilton, the sport's all-time most successful driver, has used his profile and platform to address human rights abuses and racial injustice around the world. The Middle East has four races this year -- In Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. The FIA has said the update is merely aligned with "the political neutrality of sport" but Alwadaei said it appeared to target Hamilton. "We are saying to Mohammed Ben Sulayem that this policy is wrong and it must be reversed immediately," he added.
☆ Bahrain holds parliament polls; rights groups slam 'repressive' climate
  + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Ghaida Ghantous | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
MANAMA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Bahrainis on Saturday voted in parliamentary elections held in an environment rights groups described as "political repression" since the Gulf Arab state has dissolved the main opposition groups and cracked down on dissent. Ahead of the vote, which includes municipal polls, rights group Amnesty International criticised "highly restrictive measures" that bar members of banned opposition groups and those who have served jail terms longer than six months. "Holding this general election will not address the atmosphere of repression and the denial of human rights that has gripped Bahrain for years," Amnesty said in a statement. The government said 344,713 voters were eligible to vote, down from 365,467 in the last polls in 2018. London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, describing the vote as a "sham", said legislation on voter inclusion appeared to target individuals who boycotted earlier polls.
☆ Prisoners' families hold small protest in Bahrain during pope visit
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
ISA TOWN, Bahrain, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Relatives of death row and life inmates in Bahrain held a small protest along Pope Francis' motorcade route on Saturday calling for freedom of political prisoners in the Gulf Arab state. A video of the protest, which included several women and children, was posted online by London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) and by Bahrain's dissolved opposition al-Wefaq group. #Free Hassan Mushaima #Free Political Prisoners #End Sectarianism". Before the pope arrived in Bahrain on Thursday, families of death row inmates asked him to speak out against capital punishment and defend political prisoners during the trip. Last year, Bahrain conditionally released tens of prisoners under new rules allowing electronic monitoring and home detention instead.
☆ In Bahrain, pope's message may get caught in Shi'ite-Sunni Muslim divide
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/3] Workers take on last minute set up ahead of Pope Francis arrival at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manama, Bahrain, November 2, 2022. It is home to the first Catholic church to be built in the Gulf area in modern times, which opened in 1939, as well as the cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, the largest Catholic church on the Arabian Peninsula. The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) and other human rights groups have urged the pope to speak out on what they say are rights abuses, including the imprisonment of pro-democracy dissidents. Bahrain rejects criticism from the United Nations and others over its conduct of trials and detention conditions. Bahrain, along with the UAE, forged ties with Israel in 2020 under U.S.-brokered pacts known as the Abraham Accords.
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