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Bahraini rights activist Khawaja goes on open-ended hunger strike
Apr 12, 2017 12:12Leading Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is serving a life sentence in relation to his influential role in the 2011 protests against the Aal-e Khalifah regime, has reportedly gone on hunger strike.
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Bahraini rights activist moved to hospital days after surgery
Apr 11, 2017 01:12Prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab has been rushed to hospital due to complications following a surgery.
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Rights groups urge F1 to cancel race in Bahrain
Apr 07, 2017 01:21Human rights organizations have written to the Formula One management, urging it to call off the upcoming Grand Prix in Bahrain over the ongoing crackdown on peaceful protests.
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Bahrain revokes nationality of over 410 dissidents: Rights group
Apr 05, 2017 01:53A non-governmental rights group says Bahraini officials have revoked the citizenship of hundreds of people after convicting them of alleged terror charges as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime continues with its heavy-handed crackdown on political dissent in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Bahrain opposition leader undermines court decision to reduce prison sentence
Apr 04, 2017 10:04The Secretary General of Bahrain's al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, undermined a court decision to reduce his prison sentence.
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Bahrain’s minority regime empowers military tribunals to brutalize civilians
Apr 03, 2017 12:48Bahrain’s self-styled King Hamad bin Isa Aal-e Khalifah has instructed military tribunals of the repressive minority regime to subject civilians to more brutal measures, initiating yet another wave of crackdown against the popular movement for freedom of the Persian Gulf island state.
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Bahrain court commutes Sheikh Ali Salman’s sentence
Apr 03, 2017 08:19Bahrain’s senior opposition Shia Muslim religious scholar Sheikh Ali Salman has had his prison sentence commuted by five years.
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Bahrain revokes nationality of Sheikh Qassim representative
Apr 02, 2017 13:09The Bahraini regime has revoked the nationality of Sheikh Abdullah al-Daqaq, a representative of distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, and two other activists.
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Rights groups condemn US sale of weapons to Bahrain
Mar 31, 2017 01:39Rights groups have said that the US sale of weapons to Bahrain is tantamount to condoning the abuses committed by the Manama regime.
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US ignores human rights condition to sell Bahrain F-16 jets
Mar 30, 2017 08:22The administration of US President Donald Trump has decided to ignore Bahrain’s human rights record in order to sell F-16 fighter jets to the Arab monarchy.