Bahrain

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The government continued to suppress the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, including through arbitrary detention and prosecutions. The government failed to commute the death sentences of more than two dozen people who remained on death row. Despite its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Bahrain expanded its oil and gas production.

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Retains the death penalty in law

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