Bahrain

Iran slams Bahrain’s lack of rationality in dealing with dissent

Jul 28, 2019 02:14

Iran has reacted to a recent escalation of crackdown on dissent in Bahrain, saying the government of the small Persian Gulf country is insisting on its irrational policy of suppression against the pro-democracy campaigners.
Bahrain executes two activists despite calls to halt death sentences

Jul 27, 2019 03:03

Bahrain has executed two pro-democracy activists, defying widespread calls to commute the death sentences handed to the prisoners in an "unfair" mass trial.
Bahrain revokes citizenship of 334 activists since January: Rights group

Jul 25, 2019 01:40

An independent human rights group has expressed serious concern over the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty’s “ongoing and increasingly severe” clampdown on human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners in Bahrain, stating that Bahraini officials have revoked the citizenship of hundreds of people since the beginning of the current year.
Meeting between top Bahraini, Israeli diplomats betrayal of Palestine: Hamas

Jul 20, 2019 02:35

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has strongly censured Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Ale Khalifah for holding a public meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, in the United States, describing the meeting as “a betrayal” of the Palestinian cause.
Zionist regime, Bahrain foreign ministers hold first public meeting

Jul 19, 2019 02:30

Zionist regime’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his Bahraini counterpart Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Ale Khalifah have held an official meeting during a visit to the United States, the first ever public meeting of this kind between Tel Aviv and Manama.
Bahrain to host US-led confab against Iran amid tensions

Jul 19, 2019 01:26

The Bahraini regime plans to host an international conference led by the US with a focus on what the tiny kingdom and its allies claim “Iranian threats” to the security of navigation in the Persian Gulf, months after Washington hosted a similar belligerent forum against the Islamic Republic in Warsaw, Poland.
Abbas: Deal of century will not succeed just like Manama workshop

Jul 05, 2019 01:28

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says US President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for the so-called “peace” between the Israeli regime and Palestinians, dubbed “the deal of the century,” will fail just like a recently concluded US-backed economic workshop in Bahrain.
Amnesty slams intimidation of former Bahraini MP, intensified clampdown on social media activists

Jul 04, 2019 02:57

Amnesty International has condemned the Bahraini regime’s harassment and intimidation of a former legislator and intensified clampdown on social media activists, as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
Bahrain gives back citizenship of 92 dissidents, upholds their jail terms

Jun 30, 2019 12:03

Bahrain’s top court of appeal has reversed a decision to revoke the citizenship of 92 jailed nationals who have been convicted of allegedly forming a “terrorist group,” but has upheld their original prison terms.
Palestinian government says Bahrain confab was ‘stunning failure’ for Trump

Jun 30, 2019 03:57

The Palestinian government says a recent US-sponsored conference in Bahrain meant to promote a “deal” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was a “stunning failure” for the administration of US President Donald Trump.