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No on-arrival Bahraini visa at causeway for some expats
(MENAFN - Arab News) The chief of the Saudi Passport Department at the King Fahd Causeway has confirmed reports that Bahrain is stopping some expatriates with Saudi work permits from entering the coun...
Gulf central bankers to meet
(MENAFN - Arab News) The first meeting of the Gulf Central Bank will be held in March this year, said GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al-Attiyah here on Monday.Al-Attiyah made the announcement duri...
Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
WASHINGTON, Feb 8, 2010 (IPS) - Bahrain#039;s security forces should immediately cease the use of torture to elicit confessions from prisoners suspected of security offences, says the New York-based Human...
Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - After abolishing torture more than 10 years ago, Bahrain#039;s security services are once more resorting to the practice to extract confessions from detainees, including many Shiite...
Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture
After abolishing torture more than 10 years ago, Bahrain#039;s security services are once more resorting to the practice to extract confessions from detainees, including many Shiite protesters, said a rep...
Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - After abolishing torture more than 10 years ago, Bahrain#039;s security services are once more resorting to the practice to extract confessions from detainees, including many Shiite...
Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture
A British court met Wednesday to reconsider a case regarding a British resident being held in Guantaacute;namo -- a lawsuit that stands to embarrass the American and British governments over torture al...
Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture
By REEM KHALIFAAssociated Press Writer MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - After abolishing torture more than 10 years ago, Bahrain#039;s security services are once more resorting to the practice to extract confe...
Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture
After abolishing torture more than 10 years ago, Bahrain#039;s security services are once more resorting to the practice to extract confessions from detainees, including many Shiite protesters, said a rep...
Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture
Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, second left, Abdullah al-Durazi, head of the Bahrain Human Rights Organization, second right, and Human Rights Watch at...
