Bahrain

UAE summons Swiss ambassador over anti-Bahrain remarks

Mar 20, 2017 05:17

The United Arab Emirates has summoned the Swiss ambassador over remarks made by Switzerland to the UN over the human rights situation in Bahrain.
Police, protesters clash in funeral for Bahraini activist who martyred in regime custody

Mar 18, 2017 05:57

Bahraini police have clashed with the thousands of demonstrators who had turned out for the funeral procession of an activist who martyred in regime custody.
US must not sell arms to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain: Amnesty

Mar 16, 2017 11:22

A leading human rights group has called on the United States not to approve pending weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, warning that such sales could implicate Washington in war crimes.
HRW censures UN for inaction against Manama regime

Mar 16, 2017 03:19

Human Rights Watch has voiced its deep concerns over the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)'s failure to address the situation in Bahrain.
Clashes erupt in Bahrain as demos held in solidarity with Sheikh Qassim

Mar 15, 2017 03:36

Scores of people have held separate protests in Bahrain to voice their support for distinguished Shia Cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has been stripped of his nationality and put on trial by the regime in Manama.
Bahraini court postpones verdict in Sheikh Qassim’s case

Mar 14, 2017 14:19

Aal-e Khalifa's regime court has delayed the verdict in the case of Bahrain's prominent religious scholar, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, whose nationality was revoked last year.
Manama regime revoked citizenship of 133 dissidents in 2016: HRW

Mar 12, 2017 02:50

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed deep concern over the high number of citizenship revocations in Bahrain, condemning the ruling Ale Khalifah regime’s heavy-handed crackdown on political dissidents and rights activist in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
UN rights chief worried over Ale Khalifah crackdown in Bahrain

Mar 09, 2017 03:36

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced deep concerns over the Manama regime’s increasing crackdown on dissent.
Bahraini regime forces attack pro-democracy demos

Mar 08, 2017 07:10

Bahraini regime forces have engaged in clashes with separate groups of people protesting against the Ale Khalifah regime’s ferocious crackdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the kingdom.
Bahrain playing blame game to justify own failure: Iran

Mar 06, 2017 08:45

Tehran has dismissed as baseless the Manama regime’s latest claims that it is attempting to destabilize the kingdom, saying Bahraini rulers are playing a “blame game” to justify their own crackdown on dissidents at home.