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#South_Korea blocks $28 million tear gas order for #Bahrain
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A Bahraini woman runs for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during an anti-government demonstration in the village of Daih, west of Manama, on December 17, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed al-Shaikh) A Bahraini woman runs for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during an anti-regime demonstration in the village of Daih, west of Manama, on December 17, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed al-Shaikh)

South Korea has blocked a shipment of at least 3 million canisters of tear gas worth $28 million to Bahrain due to “complaints from human rights groups” that the weapon was being used to suppress peaceful protests, a report said Tuesday. read (...)

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#Bahrain's Activists Survive Off the Island
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A Bahraini anti-government woman with her face covered in her national flag, stands watching protestors clash with security forces following an anti-government demonstration in the village of Daih, west of Manama, on December 17, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Al-Shaikh). A Bahraini anti-government woman with her face covered in her national flag, stands watching protestors clash with security forces following an anti-government demonstration in the village of Daih, west of Manama, on December 17, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Al-Shaikh).

On-the-ground sources are running out fast in Bahrain. Those who have not been locked up or tortured for opposing the ruling monarchy are finding themselves with no option but exile. (...)

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#Bahrain upholds draconian jail terms for 17 activists
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Bahraini riot police attack protesters during an anti-regime demo heading to “Pearl Square” after a religious procession marking Ashura on November 15, 2013 in the village of Daih, west of the capital Manama. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed al-Shaikh)

A Bahrain appeals court has upheld jail terms of up to 15 years for 17 protest activists accused of attacks on police in the unrest-hit country, a judicial source said Tuesday. The Manama court, which delivered the verdicts on (...)

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#Bahrain opposition figure held for “promoting terrorism”
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Bahraini boys shout slogans towards riot police who attacked a demonstration against the death of Mohammed Abdul Jalil in the village of Daih, West of Manama, on 15 September 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed al-Shaikh)

Former opposition MP Khalil al-Marzouq has been detained on charges of “promoting terrorist acts,” authorities said on Wednesday, in a move slammed by the opposition as a “dangerous escalation.” Marzouq was questioned by prosecutors in the presence of (...)

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