Bahrain

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.
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.