Posts Tagged ‘bahrain’

Security stepped up at Bahrain F1

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Security is tightened at Bahrain’s Formula 1 track with practice runs set to begin against a background of ongoing protests.

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Security stepped up at Bahrain F1

Force India flee Bahrain protest

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Force India team members flee as petrol bombs are hurled over their vehicle on their way back from the Bahrain Grand Prix track.

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Clashes near Bahrain F1 exhibit

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Bahraini security forces fire stun grenades at protesters gathered outside a cultural exhibition in Manama for Sunday’s Formula 1 Grand Prix.

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Clashes near Bahrain F1 exhibit

Human rights ‘crisis’ in Bahrain

Monday, April 16th, 2012

Human rights are still being violated in Bahrain despite promises of reform, according to the campaign group Amnesty International.

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Human rights ‘crisis’ in Bahrain

Grand Prix decision masks Bahrain unrest

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Frank Gardner on the arguments for and against Bahrain GP

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Grand Prix decision masks Bahrain unrest

VIDEO: Looting in Bahrain amid F1 disquiet

Friday, April 13th, 2012

The people in charge of Formula 1 say the Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead as planned next week, despite concerns over staging the race whilst there is continuing political unrest.

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VIDEO: Looting in Bahrain amid F1 disquiet

Bahrain will go ahead, says FIA

Friday, April 13th, 2012

The Bahrain Grand Prix is to go ahead on 22 April as planned, the motorsport’s governing body the FIA says.

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Webber expresses Bahrain concerns

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Red Bull’s Mark Webber expresses some misgivings about the prospect of racing in Bahrain.

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Ecclestone set for Bahrain talks

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will meet the sport’s 12 teams on Friday to discuss the Bahrain GP, BBC Sport has learned.

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Ecclestone set for Bahrain talks

Teams ‘not worried’ by Bahrain GP

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Bernie Ecclestone says F1 teams have not expressed concerns to him about the Bahrain GP, but he casts doubts over the race’s future.

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Teams ‘not worried’ by Bahrain GP

Bahrain hunger striker ‘well’

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Bahrain’s attorney general denies rumours that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is on hunger strike in prison, is dead, saying he is in “good health”.

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Police injured in Bahrain attack

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Seven policemen have been injured in a “terrorist attack” in the Bahraini village of Akr, the country’s public security chief tells state media.

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Bahrain rejects prisoner transfer

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

The top legal body in Bahrain rejects a Danish request to transfer political prisoner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, said to be close to death on hunger strike.

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Danish bid to help Bahrain inmate

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

Bahrain is considering a request from Denmark to transfer political prisoner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, on hunger strike for almost two months.

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Danish bid to help Bahrain inmate

Bahrain hunger-striker in clinic

Friday, April 6th, 2012

A leading human rights activist in Bahrain is transferred to hospital from prison after nearly two months on hunger strike.

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Bahrain hunger-striker in clinic