Bahrain

US agrees to refurbish used warship sold to Bahrain

Oct 24, 2019 05:45

The United States has accepted a request by Bahrain to refurbish a decommissioned warship that it sold to the Persian Gulf island earlier this year.
Hunger-striking Bahraini prisoners denied medical treatment: Activists

Oct 19, 2019 16:37

Social media activists say hunger-striking inmates at Bahrain’s notorious Jaw Prison are being denied medical treatment and their overall health condition is getting worse, as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
Human Rights Watch, rights group condemn Bahrain’s denial of medical care to prisoners

Oct 11, 2019 03:29

Human Rights Watch and the UK-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) have censured Bahraini officials for failing to provide adequate medical care to jailed political activists, as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime presses ahead with its clampdown on human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners in the kingdom.
Bahraini regime summons Shia clergyman for questioning

Oct 04, 2019 04:05

Bahraini officials have summoned a Shia Muslim cleric for interrogation as the ruling Ale Khalifah dynasty presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown and persecution of members of the religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
Bahrain’s Wefaq asks women heads of state to support jailed activists

Oct 02, 2019 05:04

Bahrain’s main Shia opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has called on women heads of state to support jailed female political prisoners in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom, and press the ruling Ale Khalifah regime to set them free.
Bahrain torturing women in detention

Sep 19, 2019 02:41

According to the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain that released a damning report on September 11, Bahrain’s political allies in the west are failing to hold the oil-rich nation accountable for multiple reports of human rights abuse.
Bahraini regime steps up clampdown on religious scholars ahead of Ashura

Sep 09, 2019 11:02

Bahraini regime forces have summoned more Shia Muslim religious scholars for interrogation as the ruling minority Aal-e Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown ahead of Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husain (PBUH), grandson and the third infallible successor of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA).
Bahrain summons, arrests clerics ahead of Ashura rituals

Sep 07, 2019 02:01

The Bahraini regime has begun summoning Shia clerics to supposedly interrogate them amid the arrival of the lunar month of Muharram, when Shia Muslims commonly engage in mourning rituals to commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein.
Amnesty urges Bahrain regime to lift travel ban on ailing former lawmaker

Sep 04, 2019 02:37

Amnesty International has called on Bahraini officials to put an end to their continued harassment of former legislator Osama Jaber Muhana al-Tamimi, and to allow him to travel abroad for medical treatment after he suffered a stroke following his arrest last month.
Bahrain joins US military coalition in Persian Gulf

Aug 20, 2019 03:06

The Ale Khalifa regime in power in Bahrain has announced support for a US coalition in the Persian Gulf as Washington remains desperate to recruit more allies in its attempts to escalate tensions with Iran.