Bahrain

Bahraini court upholds 15-year jail terms against 7 dissidents

Sep 29, 2017 02:25

A court in Bahrain has upheld 15-year jail terms handed down to seven citizens as the Manama regime presses ahead with its crackdown on human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
Labour slams UK ‘hypocrisy’ with Saudi, Bahrain

Sep 26, 2017 09:37

UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s “utter silence” in the face of human rights abuses by countries like Saudi Arabia and Bahrain illustrates her “hypocrisy,” says a Labour Member of Parliament.
Bahrain, Israel may establish ties next year: Report

Sep 24, 2017 02:53

Bahrain has made overtures to Zionist regime in a bid to normalize ties with the regime in defiance of growing public discontent in the Persian Gulf country.
Qatar says Bahrain abusing fisheries issue to stoke regional row

Sep 19, 2017 08:58

Qatar accused Bahrain on Tuesday of abusing a routine fisheries enforcement case to deepen a three-month diplomatic crisis between the emirate and its neighbors.
US approves $3.8-billion arms sales to Bahrain amid its crackdown on dissent: Report

Sep 09, 2017 01:58

The US has reportedly approved arms sales worth over $3.8 billion to Bahrain as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime continues its heavy-handed crackdown on dissent in the small Persian Gulf island country.
Bahrain charges 25 as regime intensifies iron-fist crackdown on dissent

Sep 08, 2017 00:11

Bahrain has pressed charges against more than two dozen men over an attack on police as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime continues its heavy-handed crackdown against prominent figures and the country’s Shia community.
Bahrain using violent tactic to repress dissidents amid West inaction: Amnesty

Sep 07, 2017 07:23

Amnesty international has censured Bahrain for using “an array of repression tools,” including torture and sexual abuse, in its brutal crackdown on dissent, blaming the silence of the Western states, especially the US and the UK, for a sharp rise in Manama’s use of violence.
Prominent Bahraini human rights activist hospitalized with food poisoning

Sep 06, 2017 12:21

A Bahraini human rights group says the health condition of prominent Bahraini human rights advocate Ebtisam al-Saegh, who has repeatedly gone on hunger strike in protest at the torture and ill-treatment she has endured in prison, has deteriorated following a mass food poisoning.
UK caught selling used military aircraft to Bahrain: Report

Aug 29, 2017 10:19

The government of UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been caught selling used military aircraft to Bahrain and other countries it officially categorizes as human rights violators.
Iran rejects Bahrain’s new claim of meddling as ‘baseless, ridiculous’

Aug 25, 2017 08:23

Tehran has dismissed Bahrain’s fresh claim of Iranian interference in its internal affairs, calling on the Manama regime to stop “playing a blame game” against the Islamic Republic.