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Bandargate
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English
Human rights in Bahrain#+
Etymology
From en Bandar -gate, named after reporter Salah al-Bandar.
Proper noun
A scandal in which the Bahraini government sought to marginalize the country's Shia majority.
en Hassan M. Fattah Report Cites Bid by Sunnis in Bahrain to Rig Elections w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/world/middleeast/02bahrain.html 02-10-2006 The scandal, which is being called “Bandargate” after the author of the report, Salah al-Bandar, reaches to the core of this tiny island kingdom’s simmering tensions. https://web.archive.org/web/20250813021655/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/world/middleeast/02bahrain.html 13 August 2025
en Bahrain
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