Bahrain

Dozens of French MPs call on Bahrain to drop death sentences for two prisoners

Jul 30, 2020 01:54

Dozens of French legislators have expressed concern over the breaches of fair trial proceedings and various forms of torture that two imprisoned Bahraini men have been subjected to, urging authorities in the Persian Gulf kingdom to abolish death sentences handed down to them.
Rights groups urge Bahraini regime to stop executions of protesters

Jul 23, 2020 12:23

Sixteen international and Bahraini human rights groups have urged Bahrain’s self-styled King Hamad bin Isa Aal-e Khalifa to commute the death sentences handed down to two nationals, stressing that the pair who suffered torture were not afforded a fair trial.
Qatar Airways seeks $5bn redress from Saudi-led alliance over air blockade

Jul 22, 2020 12:22

Qatar Airways has announced that it would seek at least 5 billion dollars in compensation from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt over the air blockade they imposed on the state-owned flag carrier.
"Opposition movement keeping up with its cause"

Jul 22, 2020 11:50

Bahrain’s most prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim says the opposition movement in the Persian Gulf island State would keep up with its cause until the people’s rights are recognized by Manama.
UK selling spyware to 17 repressive regimes, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain

Jul 13, 2020 08:13

Britain is providing more than a dozen repressive regimes around the world with wiretaps, spyware and other telecommunications interception equipment likely to be used to spy on dissidents, according to public records.
Unjust death sentences boost public demand for political shake-up in Bahrain: Wefaq official

Jul 10, 2020 02:00

A high-ranking official with Bahrain’s main Shia opposition group, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, says death sentences being imposed against human rights campaigners and political dissidents will increase the public demand for the restructuring of the country’s political system.
Saudi support for US push to renew Iran arms ban bitter joke: Mousavi

Jun 30, 2020 08:15

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Sopkesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi on Tuesday said it is bitterly sarcastic to witness certain warmongering Persian Gulf Arab states throwing their weight behind the US drive to extend a UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic, adding these states need to understand that submission to America will not make the region secure.
Bahraini activists launch online campaign against torture in prisons

Jun 25, 2020 03:46

Bahraini activists and social media users have launched a campaign on the platform to demand an immediate end to the torture of political dissidents at prisons and detention centers across the kingdom.
Bahrain regime forces attack inmates taking part in Shia mourning ritual

Jun 19, 2020 01:22

A Bahraini human rights activist says regime forces have attacked dozens of Shia inmates participating in a mourning ritual at the notorious Jau Prison as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime presses ahead with its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in the tiny Persian Gulf country.
Amnesty decries Kuwait, Bahrain coronavirus apps as ‘highly invasive’

Jun 18, 2020 03:58

Amnesty International has censured Kuwait and Bahrain over the use of applications for tracing those who have come in contact with confirmed coronavirus patients, stating that the programs infringe upon the privacy of hundreds of thousands of people.