Next Monday, on 15 February, Salim al-Aradi is due to appear before an Emirati court along with three other Libyan nationals, including the Libyan-Americans Kamal and Mohammed al-Darat. After months of delay, the Emirati government finally disclosed the prosecution file on al-Aradi and the other defendants, which accuses them of providing support to the Libyan[…]
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In a high-level meeting between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Bahrain’s King Hamad al-Khalifa, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that in regards to the conflicts in the Middle East, both countries “assert the people’s right to decide their own destiny.” During the meeting, both heads of state discussed the ongoing situation in Syria, and[…]
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Saudi authorities arrested Ali Mohammed al-Nimr for participating in protests in 2012 when he was seventeen years old. His arrest was part of a series of arrests carried out by Saudi Arabia targeting those who expressed criticism of the government. Ali was not the only one in his family to be targeted-he is the nephew[…]
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Bahrain | Updates from the Ground | News & Opinion UN Complaint Program Bahrain EU Parliament Adopts Resolution on Mohamed Ramadan & Death Penalty in Bahrain On 4 February 2016, the European Parliament (EP) adopted an Urgency Resolution on the case of Ali Mohamed Ramadan, a Bahraini sentenced to death despite being tortured and confessing[…]
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Five years ago this week, hundreds of thousands of people rose up in support of democracy and human rights in Bahrain. After enduring decades of structural inequalities, corruption, and repression, nearly half the country’s citizen population gathered to demand reform. The government responded swiftly, and severely. Riot police flooded the streets, employing excessive and indiscriminate[…]
