Human Rights

Women's groups accuse Bahrain of cutting funds on political grounds

2016-06-27

Government slashes aid to 18 NGOs due to budget crisis and blocks foreign funding, leaving victims of domestic violence with little support

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Bahrain detains rights activist as UN official criticises repression

2016-06-13

Raid on home of Nabeel Rajab coincides with UN meeting in Geneva that other activists were barred from attending

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Bahraini human rights lawyer faces arbitrary deportation: Amnesty

2016-05-28

Tairmoor Karimi faces expulsion from Bahrain, amid reports that increasing numbers of activists are being rendered stateless

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Slovakian Prime Minister says

2016-05-28

Robert Fico: 'I’m sorry, Islam has no place in Slovakia. It is the duty of politicians to talk about these things very clearly and openly. I do not wish there were tens of thousands of Muslims'

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Sacked workers in Saudi Arabia set fire to buses in protest over unpaid salaries

2016-05-02

50,000 foreign laborers have been sacked by the Binladin Group and some have not been paid salaries in at least four months

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