Death or confession: Report on torture of civilians in Bahrain’s first military trial
Alwaght – Four Bahraini human rights organizations issued a report under the title of “Death or Confession”, a report that monitors the violations…
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Bahraini regime forces detain 6 civilians with no charge: Activists
Press TV – Activists say Bahraini forces have held six civilians, including a woman, without offering any legal justification for their detention as the…
What’s behind Bahraini delegation’s visit to Tel Aviv?
Alwaght – Over the past two years, the relations of the reactionary Arab regimes with Israeli regime have undergone some drastic changes,…
Bahraini scholars condemn civil society group’s visit to Israel
Press TV – More than 130 Bahraini scholars have strongly condemned the recent visit by an inter-faith group of residents from the…
Bahraini police tear-gas Sheikh Qassim supporters in Diraz
Press TV – Bahraini police have fired tear gas at supporters of revered Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, whose life is in danger…
Bahrainis mark ‘Day of Rage’ in support of Sheikh Qassim
Press TV – Bahrainis are holding anti-regime protests in different areas in solidarity with prominent Shia leader Sheikh Isa Qassim, whose health…
FM spokesman expresses concern over Bahraini cleric health condition
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi extended serious concern over the health conditions of Bahraini cleric Sheikh Isa Qasem. “Bahraini officials…
Amir-Abdollahian warns against HR violation in Bahrain
MNA – Special aide of Parliament Speaker Amir-Abdollahian has called on the United Nations to pay serious attention to systematic violation of…
Prominent Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim’s health worsening: Activists
Press TV – A human rights group says the health condition of Bahrain’s top Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has been…
Rights group expresses concern over fate of 7 Bahraini civilians forcibly disappeared
Press TV- An independent human rights group has expressed deep concern over the fate of seven people, including two minors, who have been…
Sheikh Salman to be tried later this month on ‘espionage’ charges: Bahrain’s judiciary
Press TV – The Bahraini judiciary says it will try prominent Shia cleric and opposition figure Sheikh Ali Salman later this month on a…
Bahraini courts hand down prison terms to three Shia clerics
Press TV – Courts in Bahrain have separately handed down prison sentences between six months and one year to three Shia Muslim…
Bahraini court hands down jail terms to 17 in mass trial
Press TV – A Bahraini court has handed down heavy jail sentences to more than a dozen people in a mass trial as…
Health of hunger strikers in Bahrain prison worsen amid cruel treatment
Press TV – Health conditions of five female Bahraini activists that have gone on a hunger strike in prison to protest their…
Bahraini prison water supply cut off for days: Rights group
Press TV – Guards at Bahrain’s Jaw Prison have cut off water in the notorious penitentiary for days and deprived the inmates…
Informed source: Security approaches in Bahrain makes situation more complicated
IRNA – An informed source in Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that intensification of security approaches and imposing obsolete punishments like denying…
Female inmates go on hunger strike at Bahraini jail over restrictions on visits
Press TV – Female inmates at a prison in Bahrain have gone on open-ended hunger strike in protest at the recent restrictions imposed…
Bahraini regime forces attack mourning Shia Muslims on Ashura
Press TV – Bahraini regime forces have attacked dozens of Shia Muslims commemorating the occasion of Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam…
Bahrain’s king denounces boycott of Israel, says citizens free to visit Israel
Press TV – Bahrain’s king Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah has called for an end to the Arab boycott of Israel, days…
Bahrain using violent tactic to repress dissidents amid West inaction: Amnesty
Press TV – Amnesty international has censured Bahrain for using “an array of repression tools,” including torture and sexual abuse, in its…
Prominent Bahraini human rights activist hospitalized with food poisoning
Press TV – A Bahraini human rights group says the health condition of prominent Bahraini human rights advocate Ebtisam al-Saegh, who has repeatedly…
Iran rejects Bahrain ‘baseless’, ‘ridiculous’ accusations
IRNA – Iran Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected Bahrain Interior Ministry baseless and ridiculous accusations and urged the country officials to give…
Rights groups concerned over ‘enforced disappearance’ of Bahraini dissident
Press TV – Amnesty International and other rights groups have expressed concern over Bahrain’s conduct in the case of a dissident who…
Bahrain: “They want you to be broken and this is why we keep going”
Indexon Censorship – Human rights defenders often confront obstacles that make their work difficult. This is especially true in Bahrain, where the…
Bahraini rights groups slam use of torture by regime’s NSA against dissent
Press TV – Three Bahraini human rights groups have slammed the Persian Gulf monarchy’s National Security Agency (NSA) for its systematic use…
Bahrain issues arrest warrant for prominent journalist
Press TV – A Bahraini court has ordered the arrest of award-winning reporter Nazeeha Saeed, who works for the France 24 television…
Bahrain must stop discriminating against Shias: Tillerson
Press TV- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called on the Bahraini regime to stop discriminating against Shias residing in the…
Bahrainis demonstrate in support of top Shia cleric
Press TV- Scores of Bahraini people have staged fresh protests in a northern region to express solidarity with prominent Shia cleric Sheikh…
Rights groups urge UK to break silence on top Bahraini activist
Press TV – At least thirteen rights group have condemned Britain’s awkward silence on the situation of prominent Bahraini human rights activist…
Sheikh Qassim’s home arrest ongoing for 70 days
Tasnim – The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights stressed that the ruling Al Khalifa regime has been imposing home arrest on Sheikh…
Bahrain arbitrarily arrested 18 in July last week: Rights group
Press TV- A Bahraini human rights organization says 18 people were arrested arbitrarily in the kingdom in the last week of July…
Bahrainis rally to remember crackdown victims
Press TV- Bahrainis have rallied throughout the Persian Gulf island in remembrance of those killed during the regime’s years-long crackdown on peaceful…
Bahrain’s human rights crisis to further aggravate, warns rights group
Press TV – A Bahraini rights group has condemned the revocation of the citizenship of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Daqaq’s wife and…
UN rights office urges Bahrain to free activist
Press TV – The United Nations (UN)’s human rights office has urged Bahrain to “unconditionally and immediately” release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab,…
Prominent Bahraini human rights activist on hunger strike: Report
Tasnim – A prominent Bahraini human rights advocate has reportedly gone on hunger strike in protest against the torture and ill-treatment she has endured as the ruling…
Prominent Bahraini rights activist given two years in jail
Press TV – A Bahraini court has sentenced prominent human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab to two years in jail…
US urged to pressure Bahrain to release top Bahraini rights activist
Press TV – An American human rights organization has called on the US State Department to pressure Bahrain to immediately and unconditionally release prominent…
Bahraini activist dies after torture at regime prison
Press TV – A Bahraini political activist has succumbed to injuries he had sustained under torture during imprisonment, amid growing international condemnation…
Amnesty concerned over Bahrain treatment of activist
Press TV- Amnesty International has expressed concern about the Bahraini regime’s maltreatment of a female activist who has been critical of Manama’s crackdown on…
Accusing neighbors not a solution to Bahrain’s internal problems: Iranian spokesman
Tasnm – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi shrugged off Bahrain’s allegation that suspected members of a terror cell it has recently…