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Bahrain executes three, including Shiite activists

Bahrain executed Saturday three men convicted in two separate cases, one involving the killing of a police officer and the other the killing of a mosque imam, the public prosecutor said in a statement. Rights groups identified two of the men as Shiite activists Ali al-Arab and Ahmed...

Egypt using probation measures to silence activists: Amnesty

A leading rights group is criticizing Egyptian authorities for imposing repressive probation measures on pro-democracy activists recently released from prison. The measures require those released to report every day to the police and spend the night at the nearest police station for months,...