{"id":32136,"date":"2012-10-31T13:45:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T20:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=32136"},"modified":"2012-10-31T13:45:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T20:45:31","slug":"reuters-bahrain-must-lift-ban-on-all-protests-says-amnesty-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2012\/10\/31\/reuters-bahrain-must-lift-ban-on-all-protests-says-amnesty-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuters: Bahrain Must Lift Ban on All Protests says Amnesty International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Bahrain must lift its total ban on opposition protests, which violates the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain, a U.S. ally which hosts the U.S. Navy&#8217;s Fifth Fleet, has been in political turmoil since pro-democracy protests led by its Shi&#8217;ite Muslim majority erupted last year and were put down by the island&#8217;s Sunni Muslim rulers.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashed bin Abdullah al-Khalifa said the Gulf Arab kingdom had banned all rallies and gatherings to ensure public safety and prevent violence.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/10\/31\/us-bahrain-amnesty-ban-idUSBRE89U1JS20121031\" title=\"Bahrain\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Bahrain must lift its total ban on opposition protests, which violates the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Bahrain, a U.S. ally which hosts the U.S. Navy&#8217;s Fifth Fleet, has been in political turmoil since pro-democracy protests led by its Shi&#8217;ite Muslim majority erupted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-news-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32137,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32136\/revisions\/32137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}