Bahrain

Rights groups concerned over ‘enforced disappearance’ of Bahraini dissident

Aug 24, 2017 08:37

Amnesty International and other rights groups have expressed concern over Bahrain’s conduct in the case of a dissident who has been detained for over nine months without being charged or put on trial.
Bahrain forces attack mourning Shia inmates in Jaw prison

Aug 24, 2017 03:08

Bahraini regime forces have reportedly attacked dozens of Shia inmates at Jaw prison as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown against prominent figures and followers of the majority religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
Bahrain issues arrest warrant for prominent journalist

Aug 22, 2017 04:12

A Bahraini court has ordered the arrest of award-winning reporter Nazeeha Saeed, who works for the France 24 television network and the Arabic-language Monte Carlo Doualiya radio.
Bahrain forces attack Independence Day rallies

Aug 15, 2017 07:43

Bahraini regime forces have attacked anti-regime protesters who took to the streets in several areas to mark the country’s Independence Day.
Bahrainis demonstrate in support of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim

Aug 12, 2017 07:33

Scores of Bahraini people have staged fresh protests in a northern region to express solidarity with prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and his supporters, who have been subject to a heavy-handed regime crackdown.
Teenage boys given electric shocks inside police station in Bahrain

Aug 03, 2017 15:38

Two Bahraini teenagers have reportedly been subjected to electric shocks by police during questioning as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime continues to target minors, arrest and expose them to various forms of torture irrespective of international calls to stop the practice.
Bahrain arbitrarily arrested 18 in July last week: Rights group

Aug 03, 2017 02:39

A Bahraini human rights organization says 18 people were arrested arbitrarily in the kingdom in the last week of July as Manama presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on political dissidents.
Bahrainis rally to remember crackdown victims

Jul 29, 2017 04:41

Bahrainis have rallied throughout the Persian Gulf island in remembrance of those martyred during the regime’s years-long crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations.
UN rights office urges Bahrain to free activist

Jul 15, 2017 01:30

The United Nations (UN)’s human rights office has urged Bahrain to “unconditionally and immediately” release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, whom Manama has sentenced to two years in prison.
Bahraini activist martyrs after torture at regime’s prison

Jul 06, 2017 01:37

A Bahraini political activist has succumbed to injuries he had sustained under torture during imprisonment, amid growing international condemnation of the Manama regime’s crackdown on dissent in the sheikhdom.