-
Aal-e Khalifa regime adjourns trial of three Bahraini religious scholars
Sep 09, 2016 06:15Judiciary officials have postponed the trial of three Bahraini religious scholars amid the Aal-e Khalifah regime’s heavy-handed crackdown against prominent figures and followers of the majority religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
-
Islamic World varsities draw UN Chief’s attention to Bahrain crisis
Sep 04, 2016 14:12The AhlulBayt International University of Tehran, on behalf of Presidents of Universities of the Islamic World, has written a strongly-worded letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his unexplained silence on the atrocities of the repressive Aal-e Khalifa minority regime against the citizens of Bahrain.
-
Amnesty urges Bahrain to stop repression of opponents
Sep 01, 2016 20:38Amnesty International has called on the Bahraini regime to suspend its heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful critics and opposition figures as Manama keeps up its policy of repression.
-
Manama regime systematically targeting Shia religious scholars: HRW
Aug 23, 2016 16:46Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Bahraini regime of systematically targeting religious leaders of the country’s Shia Muslim community and violating the scholars’ right to freedom of expression and gathering.
-
UN experts urge Bahrain to end crackdown on Shia Muslim community
Aug 16, 2016 16:16A number of United Nations-appointed independent experts have called on the Bahraini regime to halt its heavy-handed crackdown on the country’s Shia Muslim community, stressing that it is in violation of basic human rights in the tiny Persian Gulf island.
-
Bahrain arrests, charges 12 over Sheikh Qassim rallies
Aug 11, 2016 05:26Bahrain has arrested and charged 12 people for taking part in protests held outside the home of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.
-
Bahrain regime force arrest senior religious leader
Jul 30, 2016 07:24Bahraini regime forces have arrested yet another senior Muslim cleric as the ruling Aal-e Khalifa regime continues a heavy-handed crackdown on the Shia community in Bahrain.
-
Saudi regime detains prominent religious scholar
Jul 12, 2016 17:03Saudi Arabia has arrested a senior religious scholar as the kingdom continues to impose more restrictions on religious activities of people in its oil-rich east.
-
Lebanon’s Hezbollah condemns terror attack on Iraq Shia shrine
Jul 08, 2016 18:33Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has strongly condemned the recent bombing and shooting attacks by Takfiri Daesh terrorists on a sacred shrine in Iraq’s northern province of Salahuddin.
-
Amnesty, EU parliament urge Bahrain to free top activist
Jul 08, 2016 05:43Amnesty International and the European Parliament have separately called on the Bahraini regime to release the country’s prominent human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, and drop charges against the internationally-respected campaigner.