US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales

02-07-15 03:12 PM

(Washington) – The Obama administration’s announcement on June 29, 2015, that it will lift restrictions on arms sales to Bahrain is based on a seriously flawed assessment of Bahrain’s human rights situation. After making the right call to press for ...

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US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales

02-07-15 03:12 PM

(Washington) – The Obama administration’s announcement on June 29, 2015, that it will lift restrictions on arms sales to Bahrain is based on a seriously flawed assessment of Bahrain’s human rights situation. After making the right call to press for ...

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US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales

02-07-15 03:12 PM

(Washington) – The Obama administration’s announcement on June 29, 2015, that it will lift restrictions on arms sales to Bahrain is based on a seriously flawed assessment of Bahrain’s human rights situation. After making the right call to press for ...

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US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales

02-07-15 03:12 PM

(Washington) – The Obama administration’s announcement on June 29, 2015, that it will lift restrictions on arms sales to Bahrain is based on a seriously flawed assessment of Bahrain’s human rights situation. After making the right call to press for ...

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US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales

02-07-15 03:12 PM

(Washington) – The Obama administration’s announcement on June 29, 2015, that it will lift restrictions on arms sales to Bahrain is based on a seriously flawed assessment of Bahrain’s human rights situation. After making the right call to press for ...

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US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales

02-07-15 03:12 PM

(Washington) – The Obama administration’s announcement on June 29, 2015, that it will lift restrictions on arms sales to Bahrain is based on a seriously flawed assessment of Bahrain’s human rights situation. After making the right call to press for ...

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US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales

02-07-15 03:12 PM

(Washington) – The Obama administration’s announcement on June 29, 2015, that it will lift restrictions on arms sales to Bahrain is based on a seriously flawed assessment of Bahrain’s human rights situation. After making the right call to press for ...

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HRW Slams US for Lifting Ban on Arms Sales to Bahrain - Al-Manar TV

03-07-15 12:56 PM


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HRW Slams US for Lifting Ban on Arms Sales to Bahrain
Al-Manar TV
The rights group also rejected Washington's claim that it will lift the arms embargo due to "progress" on human rights issues in Bahrain, saying the prospect of reform and human rights improvements in the tiny Persian Gulf island nation “are now ...
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U.S. Lifts Arm Sales Ban On Bahrain Despite Continued Human Rights Abu

30-06-15 05:10 PM

The U.S. will lift its ban on arm sales to Bahrain, the State Department announced Monday in a move that is receiving heavy criticism from human rights groups. Arms sales to the Gulf Kingdom were suspended in October 2011 after the government cracked down ...

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Bahrain welcomes US lifting ban on armed sales

01-07-15 04:06 AM

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Bahrain welcomed on Tuesday US announcement on lifting the ban on military sales to kingdom's armed forces. In a statement Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it "has welcomed the announcement by the US ...

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U.S. Resuming Arms Sales to Bahrain’s Military

30-06-15 12:33 AM

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is lifting restrictions on military aid to Bahrain despite ongoing human rights concerns, the State Department said Monday. The U.S. continues to fault Bahrain for human rights violations, officials said, but the decision to lift ...

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U.S. Lifts Arm Sales Ban On Bahrain Despite Continued Human Rights Abu

30-06-15 05:10 PM

The U.S. will lift its ban on arm sales to Bahrain, the State Department announced Monday in a move that is receiving heavy criticism from human rights groups. Arms sales to the Gulf Kingdom were suspended in October 2011 after the government cracked down ...

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