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  1. Sep 22

    : : Espionage Case Against Outspoken Journalist: Omar Radi Abusively Jailed on Charges That Seem Flimsy, Political

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    Sep 22

    Last week, the UAE, Bahrain and Israel signed what they called "historic peace deals". The spin and spectacle around these deals however outweighs the substance. We spoke with and about the narratives of peace and the reality of the politics.

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  3. Sep 22

    Human rights lawyer Mahienour al-Masry was arrested one year ago today outside the prosecutor's office where she had gone to assist detainees in the post Sept. 20 arrest sweep. She is being held in remand detention and was recently charged in a second case.
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  4. Sep 21

    By dismantling human rights protections, ’s new anti- laws risk hurting human rights defenders in authoritarian States like and , very disappointing if it moves ahead

    in der : Warum das mit seinen kurzsichtigen Anti-Terror Vorlagen & der vagen Definition von Terrorismus Öl ins Feuer giesst und autoritären Staaten wie und indirekt grünes Licht gibt
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    Sep 19

    Let's try inverting the colors... (h/t )

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    Sep 19

    "It's the red tie! Clearly the algorithm has a preference for red ties!" Well let's see...

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    Sep 19

    Trying a horrible experiment... Which will the Twitter algorithm pick: Mitch McConnell or Barack Obama?

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  8. Sep 19

    The Onion, people

    Barack Obama Storms Out Of Michelle Obama Podcast Interview After Questions About Administration’s Drone Use
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    Sep 19

    Meanwhile, migrant workers, ie the other expats, languish in squalid and overcrowded accommodations, and get demonized for it.

    At the time when many citizens cannot afford to own houses and look to the government to provide an end to the "housing crisis," the city of Riyadh inaugurates a $1 billion project consisting of 520 high-end residential housing units for "expats."
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  10. Sep 19

    Protests continue for 8th day in a row, people chanting “from Ramallah to , one people not two”

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    ايام الغضب الشعبي مستمرة ولليوم الثامن المسيرات لا تتوقف و العنوان اليوم السبت 19/9/2020 خرجت مسيرة صارخة من قرية شهركان ترفض الاعتراف بالكيان المحتل وتجدد العهد من رام الله للبحرين شعب واحد لا شعبين
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  11. Sep 18

    Wow if you thought things couldn’t get worse for the ...

    Breaking: US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
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  12. Sep 18

    Protest today against the normalization deal in

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    هكذا عبر ابناء البحرين في جمعة غضب رفضا للتطبيع مع الكيان الصهيوني.
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  13. Sep 18

    Even has based its Danish language classes on racist expressions...it’s not a question, it’s a statement. A statement we have heard so many times, from ppl on the streets, to politicians, to the media..

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  14. Sep 17

    The protests against the normalization deals have continued since its announcement

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    حراك نشط في جميع مناطق البحرين من أجل فلسطين العربية والعنوان حيث خرجت مسيرة في منطقة السنابس عصر اليوم الخميس 17/9/2020 شارك فيها عدد من المواطنين خليجيون_ضد_التطبيع
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    Sep 17

    Physical abuse of a minor. Reprisal against families. 20+ prosecutions. Countless charges based on protests. Coerced "confession." Group trial of 39 at once, including 14 teenagers. Even by 's standards the case of Kameel Juma Hasan is appalling.

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  16. Sep 17

    After the massacre of the Mau Mau people in , ’s Ian Henderson, dubbed The Butcher of , was brought to Bahrain where he set up the intelligence and systems still used today. There still is no accountability

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  17. Sep 16

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    Palestinian man in occupied Jerusalem singing and lamenting the betrayal by Arab regimes as their flags are projected on the walls of the old city.
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    Sep 16

    من عرس إلى مأساة: كان أحمد عريقات يتبضع لعرس شقيقته عندما قتله الجيش الإسرائيلي. ترفض إرجاع جثته لأهله

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    Sep 16

    ’s message of “religious tolerance” here has been notably absent in its handling of relations with its own Shi’a citizen majority. Most prisoners of conscience behind bars are Shia- which puts Bahrain’s appreciation of “coexistence” into question.

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  20. Sep 16

    This poem reminds me of how I felt looking out the window of my cell (when we were able to open it, it was covered in black and we were told not to open it, or else)

    Samih al-Qassim’s words come to mind
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