Bahrain

  • Bahrainis hold fresh anti-regime protests

    Bahrainis hold fresh anti-regime protests

    Mar 11, 2016 15:44

    Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets across the Persian Gulf kingdom Friday in a show of protest against the continued imprisonment of prominent religious scholar and opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, voicing their anger over the presence of Saudi forces and demanding the downfall of Aal-e Khalifa minority regime.

  • UN calls on Bahrain to engage in 'deep reforms'

    UN calls on Bahrain to engage in 'deep reforms'

    Mar 10, 2016 12:55

    The United Nations high commissioner for human rights has censured the government in Bahrain for its harsh crackdown on the dissents, calling on Manama to carry out fundamental reforms.

  • Bahrain’s expelling citizens at alarming rate to quell dissent: Amnesty

    Bahrain’s expelling citizens at alarming rate to quell dissent: Amnesty

    Mar 09, 2016 03:43

    Amnesty International has warned against an alarming surge in the expulsion of Bahraini citizens stripped of their nationality, saying the Manama regime's practice is aimed at suppressing dissent in the tiny Persian Gulf state.

  • Bahraini cleric loses in regime's appeals court

    Bahraini cleric loses in regime's appeals court

    Mar 08, 2016 03:58

    A Bahraini appellate court has upheld an imprisonment verdict against prominent Shia cleric Seyyed Kamel al-Hashimi.

  • Bahrainis protest Aal-e Khalifa regime crackdown

    Bahrainis protest Aal-e Khalifa regime crackdown

    Mar 04, 2016 15:38

    Hundreds of Bahrainis have staged rallies in several areas across the Persian Gulf kingdom in condemnation of the Aal-e Khalifa regime’s crackdown on dissent.

  • Bahrain hunger strikers’ health declines

    Bahrain hunger strikers’ health declines

    Mar 02, 2016 17:49

    Bahraini activists say the health condition of most of hunger striking prisoners in the Persian Gulf kingdom's al-Hawd al-Jaf prison has deteriorated.

  • Bahraini people stage fresh anti-regime protests

    Bahraini people stage fresh anti-regime protests

    Mar 02, 2016 12:05

    Demonstrators have once again taken to the streets in Bahrain to express their solidarity with detained political activists and call for the downfall of ruling Aal-e Khalifah minority regime.

  • Bahrain jails five for attacking police

    Bahrain jails five for attacking police

    Feb 29, 2016 16:11

    A court in Bahrain has sentenced five people to up to 15 years in jail over their alleged role in an attack on police forces in the Persian Gulf Arab kingdom.

  • Bahrain sentences opposition leader to jail

    Bahrain sentences opposition leader to jail

    Feb 24, 2016 07:52

    A court in Bahrain has given the leader of the country’s largest leftist political party a one-year prison sentence for “inciting hatred against the political regime.”

  • ‘UK, Saudi lobbied UN on Bahrain abuses’

    ‘UK, Saudi lobbied UN on Bahrain abuses’

    Feb 21, 2016 06:36

    A recent report reveals that Britain and Saudi Arabia have worked hand in gloves to water down the United Nations’ criticism of the Bahraini regime for its poor human rights record.