Bahraini scholars condemn regime’s attempts to normalize ties with Israel
Tasnim – Bahraini scholars and clerics strongly condemned the Al Khalifa ruling regime for its attempts to normalize relations with Israel, denouncing…
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HRW expresses concern about forcibly disappeared Bahraini activist
Press TV- Human Rights Watch has condemned the Bahraini regime for detaining activist Sayed Alawi, who has been held incommunicado for five…
UN calls on Bahrain to release prominent human rights activist
Press TV- The United Nations has called on Bahraini regime to “immediately and unconditionally” release the country’s prominent human rights campaigner Nabeel…
Bahrain regime grills prominent activist over criticizing Wahhabism
Press TV- Bahraini regime authorities have put imprisoned prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab through the mill over criticizing oil-rich Persian…
Bahrain regime summons top cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim to court
Press TV- Regime forces in Bahraini have handed a warrant to prominent cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim to appear in court, after clashing…
Iran concerned about long prison sentence against Bahraini activist
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Monday expressed deep concern about long prison sentence against Bahraini Secretary-General of the al-Wefaq…
Bahrainis hold anti-regime rallies ahead of senior Shia cleric’s trial
Press TV- Hundreds of Bahrainis have staged several anti-regime protest rallies across the Persian Gulf kingdom on the eve of the trial…
Bahrainis protest against May’s visit amid Al Khalifah crackdown
Press TV- Bahrainis have rallied to voice their anger at a visit by British Prime Minister Theresa May to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom…
May urged to pressure Bahrain regime on human rights
Press TV- British Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to pressure the government of Bahrain over resorting to crackdown to silence…
Bahrain court issues flurry of convictions amid crackdown on dissent
Press TV- As Manama continues to muffle calls for change, a court in Bahrain has convicted dozens of the country’s citizens to…
Why Bahraini regime afraid of Sheikh Isa Qassim Trial?
Alwaght– Since spark of the popular protests in Bahrain in February 2014, the Al Khalifa regime in Bahrain, with backing from the…
Bahraini protesters support senior Shia cleric Sheikh Qassim
Press TV- Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Bahrain to vent their anger at the ongoing crackdown by the…
Senior cleric condemns Manama regime for suppressing Bahraini people
FNA- Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Kazzem Seddiqi condemned the Bahraini regime for its continued suppression of its citizens. Addressing a…
Bahrain’s Rajab hospitalized due to heart condition
Press TV- Prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab has been taken to hospital from prison due to heart problems after being…
UK ‘disingenuous’ about human rights abuses in Bahrain: Amnesty
Press TV- Amnesty International has denounced the British government for being insincere and dishonest about human rights violations in Bahrain, where a…
Bahrainis continue supporting Sheikh Isa Qassim
Press TV- Bahraini demonstrators have gathered in front of the residence of senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim in the village of…
Bahrainis hold demo to demand release of imprisoned activist
Press TV- Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Bahrain to demand the immediate release of an activist who has…
Bahrain charges opposition figure with ‘inciting hatred’
Press TV- Bahrain has charged a prominent opposition leader with “inciting hatred” against the Manama regime after his interview with The Associated…
Officials bar rights activist from leaving Bahrain
Press TV- Bahraini authorities have prevented a human rights activist from traveling abroad in the latest restrictions imposed by the ruling Al Khalifah…
Bahrain postpones Sheikh Salman retrial
Press TV- Distinguished Shia opposition cleric Sheikh Ali Salman, who has been sentenced to nine years in jail for alleged subversion, has…
Bahrainis once again express solidarity with Sheikh Qassim
Press TV- Bahraini demonstrators have once again expressed solidarity with senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has been stripped of his…
Bahrainis express solidarity with Sheikh Isa Qassim
Bahraini anti-regime protesters have taken to the streets to express solidarity with senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim. Demonstrations were held in the…
Bahraini king met with angry protest in London
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has received an angry greeting in London, with protesters condemning the ruling Al Khalifa regime for its…
Bahrain to auction Shia bloc’s assets
A court in Bahrain has ruled that the assets belonging to the al-Wefaq opposition group, which was the largest parliamentary group in…
Top Bahraini court orders Shia cleric’s retrial
The Bahraini court that has the ultimate say in appeal requests in the country has ordered a retrial of distinguished Shia opposition…
Bahrain forces attack mourning Shias
Bahraini security forces have once again attacked Shia Muslims holding mourning rituals during the Muslim month of Muharram. On Saturday, the forces…
Bahraini court postpones prominent rights activist’s verdict
A Bahraini court has postponed its verdict in the trial of prominent human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, who is charged with criticizing…
Bahraini regime battles landmark Shia event
People have staged fresh rallies in Bahrain to protest stepped-up crackdown on Shia processions commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (Peace Be Upon Him).…
Bahrain clerics slam crackdown on Shia mourners
Senior clerics in Bahrain have condemned the Al Khalifah regime for its crackdown on Shia Muslims holding rituals to commemorate the martyrdom…
US ‘tacitly’ supporting Saudi atrocities in Yemen, Bahrain: American analyst
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior professor at the University of Minnesota highlighted the US role in the Saudi regime’s war crimes in…
Bahrain court refuses to grant Sheikh Salman freedom
A court in Bahrain has turned down a request to grant freedom to distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Ali Salman. On Monday, the…
Al Saud undermines Axis of Resistance in Islamic countries: Bahraini activist
October 1, The Iran Project – A Bahraini activist says Al Saud is trying to undermine and suppress the axis of resistance…
Bahrain police teargas Shia Muslims
Bahraini police have attacked Shia citizens draping walls in the capital, Manama, with black cloths as part of mourning ceremonies for the…
Bahrainis stage demo in solidarity with Sheikh Qassim
Dozens of people have staged separate demonstrations in Bahrain to support distinguished Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim and condemn the ongoing crackdown…
Stop repressions in Bahrain
Public letter of a group of American and European academicians and media commentators to UNSG on Bahrain and the situation of the…
Prominent scholars urge UN to condemn suspension of Sheikh Qassim’s citizenship
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A group of prominent scholars and political activists from various parts of the world, including the US and Europe,…
Bahraini regime forces attack supporters of Sheikh Qassim
Bahraini regime forces have fired tear gas canisters to disperse dozens of demonstrators, who were out on the streets in protest at the…
Bahraini court upholds dissolution of Wefaq
A Bahraini appeals court has upheld an earlier decision to dissolve the main Shia opposition group in the Persian Gulf country as…
Bahrain to try 11 activists over alleged attempt to kill policeman
Bahrain’s authorities will put on trial 11 anti-regime activists for their involvement in an alleged plot to kill a police officer, prosecutors…
Parliamentary advisor: Bahraini Sheikh Qassim belongs to all Muslims
Tehran, Sept 14, IRNA – Senior Iranian official blasted Bahrain’s government for trying that country’s senior Shia cleric Sheikh Naeem Qassim. “Sheikh…