Bahrain

Bahrainis stage demonstrations ahead of top cleric’s trial

Nov 23, 2016 05:58

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets across Bahrain to express solidarity with prominent Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim who is to return to the dock on Wednesday for trial.
UK ‘disingenuous' about human rights abuses in Bahrain: Amnesty

Nov 21, 2016 14:08

Amnesty International has denounced the British government for being insincere and dishonest about human rights violations in Bahrain, where a Saudi-backed regime has been clamping down on dissent since 2011.
Bahrainis continue supporting Sheikh Isa Qassim

Nov 20, 2016 04:04

Bahraini demonstrators have gathered in front of the residence of senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim in the village of Diraz for the 150th day despite severe security measures.
HRW raps UK for inaction after Bahraini charged over censuring royal’s visit

Nov 19, 2016 03:24

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the United Kingdom for not calling on the Bahraini regime to drop charges against a senior opposition figure who had labeled a recent visit by a British royal couple to the tiny Arab kingdom as a means to "whitewash" Bahrain’s grim human rights situation.
Bahrain charges opposition figure with ‘inciting hatred’

Nov 14, 2016 03:38

Bahrain has charged a prominent opposition leader with “inciting hatred" against the Manama regime after his interview with The Associated Press during a visit by Britain's Prince Charles to the Persian Gulf country.
Bahrainis support senior Shia cleric Sheikh Qassim

Nov 12, 2016 02:47

Bahrainis have taken to the streets in several villages and towns in support of senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.
British royals’ visit may ‘whitewash’ Manama crimes: Opposition member

Nov 11, 2016 12:33

A Bahraini opposition leader has warned that a recent visit by a British royal couple to Bahrain could serve to “whitewash” an ongoing brutal crackdown by the Manama regime on political dissent.
UK inaugurates massive military base in Bahrain

Nov 10, 2016 17:09

The UK has officially opened a massive naval base in Bahrain, the first time in four decades that London is opening such a facility in the Persian Gulf region.
Officials bar rights activist from leaving Bahrain

Nov 10, 2016 10:55

Bahraini authorities have prevented a human rights activist from traveling abroad in the latest restrictions imposed by the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime on the movement of political dissidents.
Bahrain postpones Sheikh Salman retrial

Nov 06, 2016 10:43

Distinguished opposition cleric Sheikh Ali Salman, who has been sentenced to nine years in jail for alleged subversion, has attended the first hearing in his retrial.