Bahrains main opposition party has called on human rights organizations to take immediate action on Bahraini political prisoners who are on hunger strike. Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as the Red Cross to look into the situation in the Dry Dock prison, located on the island of Muharraq. Around ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A court in Bahrain sentenced 12 anti-regime protesters, including three minors, to prison terms of up to five years as the Al Khalifa regime steps up its crackdown on dissent. On Sunday, the court sentenced the nine adults to five years in jail each. The three minors were also given three-year prison terms each, press tv reported....

TEHRAN (FNA)- A Bahraini court jailed six opposition protesters for 10 years, alleging that they attempted to murder police officers. The six were convicted of trying to kill police officers by throwing Molotov cocktails, of burning a police vehicle and taking part in an unauthorized protest, Al-Manar reported Tuesday. A judicial source said ...