• Bahraini regime forces attack pro-Qassim protesters south of Manama

    Bahraini regime forces attack pro-Qassim protesters south of Manama

    Jun 09, 2017 14:06

    Bahraini regime forces have engaged in clashes with a group of people protesting verdicts passed on prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah minority regime continues with its heavy-handed crackdown against political dissidents in the Persian Gulf island State.

  • Bahraini court passes prison sentences on 21 activists

    Bahraini court passes prison sentences on 21 activists

    Jun 08, 2017 14:21

    A court in Bahrain has handed down prison sentences ranging from two to fifteen years to 21 peaceful protesters as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah minority regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the kingdom.

  • Bahrain court gives death, jail sentences to dozen dissidents

    Bahrain court gives death, jail sentences to dozen dissidents

    Jun 06, 2017 15:13

    A court has sentence two young anti-regime protesters to death and handed down jail terms to six others as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

  • Bahraini regime targets opposition newspaper over Morocco unrest

    Bahraini regime targets opposition newspaper over Morocco unrest

    Jun 04, 2017 13:45

    Bahraini regime authorities have ordered the opposition-linked al-Wasat newspaper to stop publishing until further notice amid the Aal-e Khalifah's heavy-handed crackdown on political dissent and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.

  • Bahrain’s Supreme Court of Appeal sends dozen activists to prison

    Bahrain’s Supreme Court of Appeal sends dozen activists to prison

    Jun 03, 2017 11:42

    A dozen Bahraini pro-democracy campaigners have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to five years over their alleged involvement in acts of violence and participation in anti-regime demonstrations.

  • Bahraini foreign minister’s twitter account hacked

    Bahraini foreign minister’s twitter account hacked

    Jun 03, 2017 08:27

    Bahrain says hackers have targeted the twitter account of Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifah and left posts against the royal family and in support of anti-regime protesters.

  • UN rights chief urges Bahrain to investigate Diraz violence

    UN rights chief urges Bahrain to investigate Diraz violence

    Jun 03, 2017 03:55

    A UN human rights chief has called on Bahrain to probe a raid by regime forces on the house of nations prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim which left five people dead last month.

  • Amnesty International urges Bahrain to end torture after sex abuse report

    Amnesty International urges Bahrain to end torture after sex abuse report

    Jun 02, 2017 00:45

    Amnesty International has called on Bahrain to put an end to torturing government critics and all other forms of human rights violations after a report revealed sexual abuse of a female activist during interrogation.

  • Al Wefaq leader blasts Bahraini regime over burial of martyred activists

    Al Wefaq leader blasts Bahraini regime over burial of martyred activists

    May 30, 2017 00:47

    A senior leader of the Bahraini al Wefaq party has strongly denounced the Ale Khalifah regime authorities for not returning the bodies of martyred activists who were massacred by Bahraini forces during a recent attack on the home of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual Leader of Bahrain's Shia majority.

  • Bahrain: New clashes as fate of Ayatollah Shiekh Qassim remains unknown

    Bahrain: New clashes as fate of Ayatollah Shiekh Qassim remains unknown

    May 29, 2017 04:16

    Aal-e Khalifa regime forces have clashed with demonstrators rallying in solidarity with Bahrain's most prominent religious scholar and his slain supporters in several areas across the the Persian Gulf island State.