Trial of Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya’s Reporter Nazeeha Saeed Begins Monday
On 16 January 2017, a Bahraini court will begin hearing the trial of the correspondent for Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya and France24, Nazeeha Saeed, who was was charged on 17 July 2016 with “practicing...
View ArticleFormer PM David Cameron visits Bahrain amid speculation he may follow Blair's...
David Cameron visited Bahrain this week to meet with the Kingdom's Crown Prince and business leaders, Middle East Eye can reveal.The visit, which saw Cameron thanked for his “prominent role” in...
View ArticleHuman Rights abuses in Bahrain cast shadow over £2m UK aid support
The government is facing fresh questions about Britain’s aid strategy after it emerged that a controversial multi-million pound programme of support for Bahrain’s security and justice system is being...
View ArticleBahrain: Accelerated Repression Jeopardizes Activists
Bahrain stepped up its repression of activists and government critics during 2016, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017. The government dissolved the main political opposition group...
View ArticleHRW: World Report 2017 - Bahrain
There was a marked deterioration in the human rights situation in Bahrain in mid-2016, when authorities dissolved the main political opposition group, al-Wifaq, jailed the country’s leading human...
View ArticleAuthorities in Bahrain arbitrarily arrest a man with learning difficulties...
Since 13 December 2016, Kumail Ahmed Hamida, who suffers from learning difficulties, has been in police custody, after reportedly falling victim to arbitrary arrest and torture. The Bahrain Centre for...
View ArticleDanish MP Lars Aslan Rasmussen questioning the Foreign Minister on HRD...
On 11 January Member of the Parliament Lars Aslan Rasmussen used the open session in Folketinget (Danish Parliament) to inquire on the actions planned by the Danish Foreign Minister to secure the...
View ArticleBahrain Executes three Stateless Torture Victims Following King Hamad’s...
15 January 2017 – Bahrain today executed three torture victims following authorisation by King Hamad. Sami Mushaima (42), Ali Al-Singace (21) and Abbas Al-Samea (27) were executed this morning by...
View ArticleAmnesty International: Bahrain, First executions in more than six years a...
In response to the execution today of three men accused of killing three police officers in Bahrain Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Campaigns in Beirut, Samah Hadid said:“This is a dark day...
View ArticleBahrain Executes 3 Over Police Bombing, Triggering Protests
Bahrain on Sunday carried out its first executions since an Arab Spring uprising rocked the country in 2011, putting to death three men found guilty of a deadly bomb attack on police. The executions of...
View ArticleEuropean Union: Statement by the spokesperson on the executions carried out...
It was confirmed earlier today that the Kingdom of Bahrain carried out the execution of three people convicted for a bomb attack against the police which killed 3 policemen. The EU reiterates its...
View ArticleBahrain City Hall Set Ablaze, Gunfire Heard After Executions
Bahrain says a city hall was set ablaze during a night of clashes between police and protesters following the execution of three men convicted of a deadly bombing targeting police.Bahrain's Interior...
View ArticleBelfast company helped train prison staff where executed men held
A HUMAN rights group has voiced concern amid claims that three executed prisoners in Bahrain were held in a jail whose staff received training from a Belfast-based firm.Read More Here.Document Type:...
View ArticleBahraini authorities execute three Shia Muslim men convicted of killing an...
Bahrain on Sunday executed three Shia Muslim men convicted of killing three policemen in a 2014 bomb attack, the first such executions in over two decades, drawing condemnation from foreign officials...
View ArticleReprieve: Boris Johnson's Bahrain response 'woefully inadequate'
International human rights organization Reprieve has criticised the response of the UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, to Bahrain’s execution this morning of three men.The three men, Ali Al-Singace...
View ArticleBahrain executes three Shia men in first death sentences since 2010
Britain is facing calls to loosen its ties with Bahrain after three Shia Muslim men convicted of killing an Emirati police officer and two Bahraini police officers in a 2014 bomb attack were...
View ArticleForeign Secretary comments following the execution of three men in Bahrain
Foreign Secretary comments following the execution of three men in Bahrain.The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:"The UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty, and it is our longstanding position...
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Bahrain Partially Suspends Alwasat, Only Independent Newspaper
17 January 2017 - Bahrain’s Ministry of Information Affairs (MIA) yesterday issued an order to suspend the only independent newspaper in the country, Alwasat, from using electronic media tools,...
View ArticleBahrain Bans Paper from Publishing Online After Protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Bahraini authorities ordered an independent newspaper to stop publishing online Monday and said a city hall was set ablaze during clashes between opposition...
View ArticleIndia takes up with Bahrain issue of non-payment of salary to Indian workers
NEW DELHI: India has taken up with Bahrain at a high level the issue of non-payment of salary to Indian workers, one of whom died during a protest against the employer, the External Affairs Ministry...
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