Bahrain

Bahrain regime force arrest senior religious leader

Jul 30, 2016 02:54

Bahraini regime forces have arrested yet another senior Muslim cleric as the ruling Aal-e Khalifa regime continues a heavy-handed crackdown on the Shia community in Bahrain.
Bahraini activist faces 12 years in prison over critical tweets: Human Rights Watch

Jul 27, 2016 10:33

Human Rights Watch says Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab faces up to 12 years in prison in Bahrain over tweets critical of the Saudi war on Yemen.
Bahrain launches trial of top Shia cleric

Jul 27, 2016 04:53

A court in Bahrain has launched the trial of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim, amid widespread protests against the move.
Sheikh Qassim not to appear in court on Wednesday: Representative

Jul 27, 2016 00:42

The representative of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual Leader of Bahrain’s Shia majority whose nationality has been recently revoked by the Ale Khalifa regime, said the senior cleric will definitely refuse to attend a planned hearing on Wednesday.
Bahrain Broke Int’l Law by Revoking Top Religious Leader’s Citizenship?

Jul 26, 2016 05:14

It is now well over a month since the repressive Aal-e Khalifa regime in yet another illegal move against the country long suppressed majority, revoked the citizenship of senior religious leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, worsening the 5-year crisis in the Persian Gulf island state.
Regime forces in Bahrain detain 3 religious scholars

Jul 25, 2016 09:12

Bahraini regime forces have arrested at least three religious scholars as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah minority regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown and persecution of the members of the religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf Island State.
Bahraini religious shcolars voice solidarity with Ayatollah Sheikh Qassim

Jul 24, 2016 09:16

Dozens of religious scholars have staged a gathering in Bahrain to express their support for distinguished religious figure Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassim and denounce the Aal-e Khalifah regime’s decision to revoke his nationality.
Anti-regime protests in Bahrain

Jul 24, 2016 02:42

Since February 14, 2011, thousands of anti-regime protesters have held numerous demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis, calling on the Al Khalifah family to relinquish power.
Bahraini forces arrest 50 people in Diraz

Jul 22, 2016 10:28

Bahraini regime forces arrested over 50 people as they prepared for Friday Prayers in the northwestern village of Diraz.
Bahrain turning into a police state as vicious and arbitrary as Egypt

Jul 22, 2016 03:33

Bahrainis are calling the Aal-e Khalifa minority regime’s intensified repression of all opposition “the Egyptian strategy”, believing that it is modelled on the ruthless campaign by the Egyptian security forces to crush even the smallest signs of dissent.