Bahrain

Rights groups urge F1 to cancel race in Bahrain

Apr 07, 2017 01:21

Human rights organizations have written to the Formula One management, urging it to call off the upcoming Grand Prix in Bahrain over the ongoing crackdown on peaceful protests.
Bahrain revokes nationality of over 410 dissidents: Rights group

Apr 05, 2017 01:53

A non-governmental rights group says Bahraini officials have revoked the citizenship of hundreds of people after convicting them of alleged terror charges as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime continues with its heavy-handed crackdown on political dissent in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
Bahrain opposition leader undermines court decision to reduce prison sentence

Apr 04, 2017 10:04

The Secretary General of Bahrain's al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, undermined a court decision to reduce his prison sentence.
Bahrain’s minority regime empowers military tribunals to brutalize civilians

Apr 03, 2017 12:48

Bahrain’s self-styled King Hamad bin Isa Aal-e Khalifah has instructed military tribunals of the repressive minority regime to subject civilians to more brutal measures, initiating yet another wave of crackdown against the popular movement for freedom of the Persian Gulf island state.
Bahrain court commutes Sheikh Ali Salman’s sentence

Apr 03, 2017 08:19

Bahrain’s senior opposition Shia Muslim religious scholar Sheikh Ali Salman has had his prison sentence commuted by five years.
Bahrain revokes nationality of Sheikh Qassim representative

Apr 02, 2017 13:09

The Bahraini regime has revoked the nationality of Sheikh Abdullah al-Daqaq, a representative of distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, and two other activists.
Rights groups condemn US sale of weapons to Bahrain

Mar 31, 2017 01:39

Rights groups have said that the US sale of weapons to Bahrain is tantamount to condoning the abuses committed by the Manama regime.
US ignores human rights condition to sell Bahrain F-16 jets

Mar 30, 2017 08:22

The administration of US President Donald Trump has decided to ignore Bahrain’s human rights record in order to sell F-16 fighter jets to the Arab monarchy.
Bahrain protesters rap death, jail sentences for dissidents

Mar 30, 2017 05:14

Bahraini protesters have clashed with regime forces during rallies held across the sheikhdom against death sentences and hefty prison terms handed down to opposition figures and political activists.
Bahrain court gives jail, death sentences to dissidents

Mar 29, 2017 09:59

A Bahraini court has handed down a jail sentence to a leader of the banned opposition al-Wefaq National Islamic Society and death and jail sentences to other anti-regime activists.