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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Bahraini Regime Jails Relatives of Exiled Activist
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Bahraini Regime Jails Relatives of Exiled Activist

Tuesday 31 October 2017
Alwadaei, head of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), said his relatives were convicted based on confessions gained by torture and said the court was persecuting the family for his activism. Alwadaei's mother-in-law Hajer Mansoor and brother-in-law Sayed Nizar Alw ...
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Bahrain Muzzling Opposition: 32 Activists Convicted in Mass Trial
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Bahrain Muzzling Opposition: 32 Activists Convicted in Mass Trial

Tuesday 31 October 2017 ،
Alwadaei, a human rights defender and director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) NGO, who lives in exile in the UK. London-based rights group Amnesty International described the verdict against Alwadaei’s mother-in-law, brother-in-law and cousin as “a ...
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Bahraini Regime Censured for Jailing HR Activist Who ’Done Nothing’
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Bahraini Regime Censured for Jailing HR Activist Who ’Done Nothing’

Tuesday 16 January 2018 ،
Alwadaei, director of the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), said that Rajab was denied a fair trial at every stage. This is a slap in the face of free expression and tragically illustrates the corruption of the justice system, Alwadaei said in a statement. At Jau Pris ...
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Bahraini Regime Detains 32 People Amid Heightened Crackdown
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Bahraini Regime Detains 32 People Amid Heightened Crackdown

Saturday 24 March 2018 ،
Alwadaei said. Elsewhere, Bahraini authorities have adjourned the trial of prominent Shia and opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman to late next month. A court in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom decided to put off the trial until April 24. The senior Bahraini Shiite cleric has been in jail on a nine-y ...
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Bahraini Regime Sentences to Prison 9 Civilians, Including Minor
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Bahraini Regime Sentences to Prison 9 Civilians, Including Minor

Wednesday 28 March 2018 ،
Alwadaei, adding that he is the brother-in-law of London-based Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, who is the head of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD). Sayed Ahmed said lawyers had confirmed to him that his young relative, who is already serving a three-year prison sentence on the charge of ...
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Rights Groups Pan Bahraini Court Ruling on Activist’s Jail Sentence
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Rights Groups Pan Bahraini Court Ruling on Activist’s Jail Sentence

Thursday 24 January 2019 ،
Alwadaei, director of advocacy with the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), said the verdict was a “political persecution. Alwadaei said the timing of the verdict was meant to avoid drawing attention to the case. Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demon ...
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Bahraini Regime Executes 3 Activists Despite Calls to Halt Death Sentences
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Bahraini Regime Executes 3 Activists Despite Calls to Halt Death Sentences

Saturday 27 July 2019 ،
Alwadaei said in a statement. Human Rights Watch (HRW) had called on the Bahraini king to immediately revoke the executions and spare the two young men from such a cruel death.” Bahrain appears ready to carry out death sentences against al-Arab and al-Malali, both convicted in a mass trial m ...
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Jailed Bahraini Activist ‘Considered Suicide’ after Rape, Abuse by Regime
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Jailed Bahraini Activist ‘Considered Suicide’ after Rape, Abuse by Regime

Monday 28 October 2019 ،
Alwadaei, director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird), said: “As if spending over two years arbitrarily imprisoned was not enough, upon Najah’s release she has faced the further insult of being dismissed from her job. To this day, she has received no redress and the ...
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Bahraini Prison Officer ’Laughed’ as Inmates Requested Help over Tuberculosis Outbreak
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Bahraini Prison Officer ’Laughed’ as Inmates Requested Help over Tuberculosis Outbreak

Wednesday 8 June 2022 ،
Alwadaei and Mortada Mohmed Abdel-Reza, said the men were suffering from TB-like symptoms but had not been tested or treated. Alwadaei was held in solitary confinement for three days after he refused to return to his cell unless he was given urgent care. His mother, Hajar Mansour, was threatened wi ...
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Bahraini Rights Activist Arrested at UK Airport after UN Address on Abuses
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Bahraini Rights Activist Arrested at UK Airport after UN Address on Abuses

Saturday 30 September 2023 ،
Alwadaei, director of advocacy at the UK-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), said UK Border Force officials stopped him after he landed on Friday, but did not provide any reasons why he was being held. The officials, instead, gave him a document, which read he is &ldq ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures