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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Authorities urged to grant entry to journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/02/09/journalists_denied_entry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities have rejected at least six journalists' applications for entry visas ahead of the anniversary of antigovernment protests that swept the country in February 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/02/09/journalists_denied_entry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Activist's sentence upheld; others await trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/02/01/sentence_upheld/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An appeals court upheld the 18-month sentence against Fadeelah Mubarak, who was convicted of participating in peaceful protests and listening to revolutionary songs in her car. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/02/01/sentence_upheld/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - BCHR concerned about Bahrain's election to UNESCO education bureau]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/31/unesco_vicepresidency/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[BCHR demands that Bahrain's membership in the UNESCO IBE be frozen, and contingent on the authorities taking steps to put an end to the targeting of members of the education sector.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/31/unesco_vicepresidency/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Freedom House opposes US arms sale]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/30/arms_sale/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Because the new arms sale is being broken up into multiple small pieces, it does not fall under Congressional notification requirements and details do not have to be made public.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/30/arms_sale/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Jailed activists begin hunger strike]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/30/hunger_strike/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Several of the activists who will participate in the hunger strike are in poor health and it is expected that essential medical treatment will be withheld. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/30/hunger_strike/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Government's promises of reform unfulfilled, mission announces at Arab Free Press Forum]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/25/mission_report_afpf/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bahrain has failed to deliver on promises of reform despite a highly-touted commission of inquiry, says a report from an international mission to the country. "Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed" finds that rights violations continue daily, and individuals jailed during the government crackdown in February and March 2011 remain in prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/25/mission_report_afpf/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Freedom House delegation denied entry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/24/freedom_house_denied_entry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Freedom House had planned to send three staff members to the country to help implement a women's empowerment program funded by the US Government but they were denied entry into the country after having received their visas.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/24/freedom_house_denied_entry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - International Mission to Bahrain Report says promises for reform unfulfilled, while situation deteriorates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/24/mission_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A report from a six-member mission of international organisations to Bahrain last November called out Bahraini authorities for failing to deliver on promises of reform, with rights violations continuing on a daily basis and rights activists jailed for life.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/24/mission_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - BCHR concerned over "show trial" of police officers accused of torturing two detainees to death]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/17/asheri_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The five policemen are accused of having beaten to death online journalist Zakariya Rashid Hassan AlAsheri and Ali Isa Saqer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/17/asheri_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - BCHR fears for life of imprisoned minor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/13/abdulsamad_detained_life_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ameer AbdulSamad Fathi, who was arrested on 2 January, suffers from severe obstructive sleep apnea and guards have refused medication provided by his family.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/13/abdulsamad_detained_life_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab attacked, hospitalised]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/06/rajab_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rajab was severely beaten by security forces in Bahrain and was taken to Salmaniya hospital after participating in a peaceful protest in Manama on 6 January.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/01/06/rajab_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Blogger, activist Zainab Al-Khawaja released on bail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/22/alkhawaja_released_bail/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zainab Al-Khawaja was released on bail on 20 December but still faces charges for her peaceful activities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/22/alkhawaja_released_bail/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Woman jailed for playing revolutionary music, participating in protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/22/fadhila_al_mubarak_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fadhila Al Mubarak was originally sentenced to four years in prison but the sentence was reduced to 18 months.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/22/fadhila_al_mubarak_jailed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Baby's death, arrest of al-Khawaja threaten government's commitment to reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/21/post_bici_violations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The arrest of international cause célèbre "Angry Arabiya" and the death of a five-day-old girl as a result of a tear gas attack have become the latest events threatening to overshadow Bahrain's promises of reform following a highly critical report into the pro-democracy protests earlier this year, say the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Index on Censorship and other IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/21/post_bici_violations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Government ministry rejects bar association election results]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/21/bar_society_elections/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There are indications the government is trying to muzzle dissent by replacing the elected board of directors of the Bahrain Lawyers Society; many of the newly elected representatives were opposition members. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/21/bar_society_elections/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Police use teargas, stun grenades to disperse protesters on highway outside capital]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/16/protest_arrests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zainab Al Khawaja, known on twitter as @angryarabiya, blogger and daughter of prominent human rights activist, Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, was among the arrested.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/16/protest_arrests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Government urged to provide adequate protection to all human rights defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/13/activists_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human rights defenders Lamis Dhaif, Nabeel Rajab, Mohammed Al-Maskati, and Yousef Al-Mahafdha have received a threat via Twitter from a former colonel known to be very close to the authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/13/activists_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Photographer sentenced to three years in jail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/05/matooq_three_years/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hassan Matooq, a pediatric nurse and amateur photographer, was arrested and tortured while in detention, and then sentenced by a military court for taking pictures of the protests. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/12/05/matooq_three_years/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - International mission calls for freedom of human rights defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/11/30/mission_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[All human rights defenders and activists should be freed in Bahrain, said an international mission supported by IFEX, which visited the country this past week to investigate the current state of freedom of expression. The call comes in the wake of a much-anticipated report from the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) presented on 23 November, as well as a human rights report issued by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and other local groups. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/11/30/mission_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - International delegation calls for end to free expression violations and human rights defenders to be freed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/11/30/international_mission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six groups, including three IFEX members visited Bahrain this past week to investigate freedom of expression, and attended the launch of reports by human rights groups and an independent commission of inquiry.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/11/30/international_mission/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry report confirms punitive campaign against protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/11/24/commission_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report describes abuses by the security, military and judicial branches, including actions against protesters that led to deaths, injuries, arbitrary arrests and unfair trials. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/11/24/commission_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Authorities raid blogger's house, detain him for over 24 hours
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/11/10/alalawy_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Poet and blogger Jaafar AlAlawy was arrested by security forces on the morning of 8 November and taken into detention for questioning. It is still unclear why he was held.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/11/10/alalawy_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Human Rights Watch calls for medics' convictions to be overturned, freedom of speech charges to be dropped]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/10/24/torture_in_detention/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Medical staff convicted by a military court of alleged serious crimes during anti-government protests have been subjected to torture in detention, says the organisation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/10/24/torture_in_detention/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - ANHRI condemns court decision to fine four journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/10/14/alwasat_journalists_fined/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Criminal Court fined Mansour Al-Jamry, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Al-Wasat," and three of his colleagues $US2650 for "publishing news that defamed the image of Bahrain abroad" during last February's protests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/10/14/alwasat_journalists_fined/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Teachers, doctors and rights activists sentenced, some to life in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/10/05/activists_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bahrain's widely boycotted by-elections on 24 September and 1 October were the background setting for multiple military court hearings that condemned dozens of journalists, activists, teachers and doctors to long prison terms. They were targeted for speaking out in favour of reforms during demonstrations in February or simply for doing their jobs, report the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and other IFEX members. Among those arrested during the elections were 45 female protesters, some of whom have been reportedly tortured.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/10/05/activists_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Photographers brought to trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/09/30/trial_photographers_begin/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mohamed Al-Aradi and Zuhair Aoun Al-Shama'a are to be tried for covering an authorised demonstration and for "inciting hatred of the government by posting photos on the Internet."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/09/30/trial_photographers_begin/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Sentences upheld against jailed human rights defenders, writers and bloggers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/09/29/sentences_upheld/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WiPC supported a trial observation mission to the country for the verdict, in partnership with IFEX, and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all those currently detained for the peaceful exercise of their opinions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/09/29/sentences_upheld/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Human Rights Watch calls for reinstatement of expelled students, faculty
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/09/27/reinstate_university_students/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Earlier in 2011, universities dismissed faculty and staff and expelled students for expressing critical opinions or attending overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/09/27/reinstate_university_students/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - CIHRS hosts panel discussion, film screening on free expression crisis
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/09/19/cihrs_bchr_hrw_event/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CIHRS screened the Al Jazeera documentary "Shouting in the dark" and hosted a panel discussion on Bahrain in parallel with the recent meeting of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva about the situation in Bahrain.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/09/19/cihrs_bchr_hrw_event/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Governments attack Twitter activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/08/24/twitter_activists_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The governments of at least three Arab countries - Egypt, Bahrain and Kuwait - have launched investigations into or prosecuted Twitter activists, provoking other countries in the region to follow suit, reports the Arabic Network of Human Rights Information (ANHRI).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/08/24/twitter_activists_targeted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Detained activists await trial, concerns over their well-being]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/08/18/alsalman_hunger_strike/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There are concerns that Jalila al-Salman and Roula al-Saffar are being held solely because they took part in protests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/08/18/alsalman_hunger_strike/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab honoured with Ion Ratiu Democracy Award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/08/17/rajab_wins_ion_ratiu/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and one of the country's leading rights activists, Nabeel Rajab has been closely monitored by the government, barred from leaving the country, beaten and harassed. His family home has been attacked with tear gas and armed invasions. One night, while he slept, dozens of masked gunmen stormed his house and abducted him, then drove him around in a vehicle all night and assaulted him - before returning him home. The Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington is honouring Rajab with this year's Ion Ratiu Democracy Award (IRDA) to give international recognition to his courageous fight for democracy in Bahrain.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/08/17/rajab_wins_ion_ratiu/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Writer and journalist released]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/22/al_murshid_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abbas Al-Murshid had been held since 15 May for his peaceful dissident activities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/22/al_murshid_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - CPJ calls on authorities to end harassment of critical journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/21/critical_journalists_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Reem Khalifa, who has been the target of harassment and intimidation, was recently charged with verbally abusing and physically assaulting a government supporter.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/21/critical_journalists_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - National dialogue doomed as Al-Wefaq pulls out and crackdown continues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/20/dialogue_violations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The prospects for peace in Bahrain are not looking as bright now that the main opposition party, Al-Wefaq, has pulled out of the national dialogue, and the government continues to crack down on its critics, report the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and other IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/20/dialogue_violations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Poet released from prison but sentence still standing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/18/algormezi_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[No reason has been given for Ayat Al-Gormezi's release, although it is thought that international pressure may have been a contributing factor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/18/algormezi_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Disturbing wave of prosecutions on eve of national dialogue]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/06/military_court_prosecutions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists and media are still being prosecuted before military courts, although the state of emergency was lifted on 1 June, notes RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/07/06/military_court_prosecutions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - IFEX calls on Bahrain's rulers to end detention and torture of those jailed solely for peacefully expressing themselves]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/28/ifexprotest_life_sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX is alarmed at the life sentences handed down last week to human rights and political activists and bloggers, including founder of IFEX member BCHR.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/28/ifexprotest_life_sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Extraordinary tribunal sentences bloggers to life ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/23/life_imprisonment/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Among the 21 men convicted are two bloggers, Abduljalil Alsingace and Ali Abdel Imam, as well as prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/23/life_imprisonment/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Military court sentences rights activists to life]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/22/rights_activists_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eight Bahraini human rights and political activists - including former head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Adbulhadi al-Khawaja and renowned blogger Abduljalil al-Singace - were given life sentences today by a military court, which found them guilty of plotting a coup against the government during two months of unrest earlier this year, report BCHR, Human Rights Watch, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and the "Guardian".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/22/rights_activists_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Three activists released after arrest at UN building]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/17/undp_arrests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zaynab Alkhawaja, Asma Darwish and Sausan Jawad were released after being arrested and detained by Bahraini police while carrying out a protest at a UN office.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/17/undp_arrests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Military tribunal tries opposition politicians and defense lawyer, convicts peaceful protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/14/military_court/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) - Beirut, June 14, 2011 - Bahraini authorities should immediately halt all proceedings before the special military court and free everyone held solely for exercising their rights to free speech and peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch said today. Civilians charged with genuine criminal offenses should be tried in an independent civilian court that meets international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/14/military_court/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Bahrain testimony a highlight of "best ever" IFEX conference]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2011/06/08/ifex_beirut_2011_conference_highlights/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Security forces prevented IFEX member Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), from attending the IFEX General Meeting and Strategy Conference in person in Beirut last week. But they couldn't prevent him from talking about recent human rights abuses in Bahrain via Skype, nor IFEX members and partners who were listening from initiating an international mission to Bahrain in the coming days. This was just one of the many highlights of the IFEX 2011 conference.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2011/06/08/ifex_beirut_2011_conference_highlights/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Student faces trial for reciting poems during protest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/07/poet_court_martial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ayat Al Cormozy was arrested in March and detained in an undisclosed location until her indictment in early June.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/07/poet_court_martial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - France 24 correspondent tortured for covering pro-democracy demonstrations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/02/saeed_tortured/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF accounts Nazeeha Saeed's ordeal while in detention.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/06/02/saeed_tortured/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Thirty IFEX members protest travel ban on Nabeel Rajab and other threats to BCHR]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/31/travel_ban/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 1 June, the King of Bahrain has promised to end the state of emergency he imposed in mid-March to quell pro-democracy demonstrations. This would be a welcome occasion for the Bahraini government to end human rights abuses including lifting the travel ban on Nabeel Rajab so that he can join us in Beirut.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/31/travel_ban/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Internet "the biggest victim" in authorities' war on freedom, says ANHRI
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/30/website_blocked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The move to block the Al-Qudus Al-Arabi news website is only the latest in a series of measures taken to suppress general freedoms in the kingdom in the wake of peaceful protests that began in February.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 17:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/30/website_blocked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Violent media intimidation in Yemen and Bahrain ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/25/violent_media_intimidation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Yemen, journalist Hasaan Saeed Hasaan was recently attacked and repeatedly stabbed by unidentified assailants, while in Bahrain the authorities continue to detain and abuse journalists. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/25/violent_media_intimidation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Five journalists detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/18/al_murshid_summoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The four photographers who were detained had taken pictures of civil unrest and of the government's violent crackdown.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/18/al_murshid_summoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja bears signs of abuse
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/12/al_khawaja_tortured/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch expressed concern about the ill-treatment of 14 activists, most active with opposition political movements.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 09:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/05/12/al_khawaja_tortured/</guid>
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