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Aal-e Khalifa regime adjourns trial of three Bahraini religious scholars

Sep 09, 2016 01:45

Judiciary 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 09:42

The 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 16:08

Amnesty 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 12:16

Human 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 11:46

A 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 00:56

Bahrain 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 02:54

Bahraini 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 12:33

Saudi 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 14:03

Lebanon’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 01:13

Amnesty 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.