Bahrain

Bahraini people hold fresh anti-regime protests

Dec 29, 2016 05:21

Dozens of people have rallied in Bahrain ahead of nationwide ceremonies in commemoration of political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners martyred at the hands of regime forces.
Prominent Bahraini rights activist released pending trial

Dec 28, 2016 11:07

Nabeel Rajab, the prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner, who was in custody for months, has been released pending his trial.
HRW expresses concern about forcibly disappeared Bahraini activist

Dec 24, 2016 14:28

Human Rights Watch has condemned the Bahraini regime for detaining activist Sayed Alawi, who has been held incommunicado for five weeks with no criminal charges brought against him and without any access to a lawyer or his family.
Bahrain regime grills prominent activist over criticizing Wahhabism

Dec 23, 2016 02:32

Bahraini regime authorities have put imprisoned prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab through the mill over criticizing oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies for spreading "extremism" in an article published in French daily Le Monde.
Bahrainis protest Manama raid on Sheikh Isa Qassim’s home

Dec 22, 2016 02:43

Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets across the country to condemn a regime raid on prominent religious leader Sheikh Isa Qassim’s home.
Court adjourns trial of Bahraini rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab until December 28

Dec 16, 2016 04:42

A Bahraini court has postponed until December 28 the trial of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who has been behind bars over online comments deemed insulting to the ruling Ale Khalifah regime and Saudi Arabia.
UK foreign secretary urged to pressure Manama to release activist

Dec 15, 2016 05:28

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been urged to pressure the Bahraini royal family to set free prominent opposition leader and human rights activist Nabeel Rajab.
Protesters gather in Bahrain, call for Salman’s release

Dec 15, 2016 04:07

Demonstrators have taken to the streets in Bahrain in protest to the Manama regime’s crackdown on dissent and to show solidarity with political prisoners.
Human rights groups criticize Bahraini cleric’s sentence

Dec 12, 2016 13:42

Human rights groups have strongly condemned Bahrain’s ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime for upholding a nine-year prison sentence against distinguished religious scholar and opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman.
Bahrainis hold anti-regime rallies ahead of Sheikh Salman's trial

Dec 12, 2016 04:43

Hundreds of Bahrainis have staged several anti-regime protest rallies across the Persian Gulf Island state on the eve of the trial of the distinguished opposition cleric, Sheikh Ali Salman.