Mass rally held in support of Bahrain’s Sheikh Qassim
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Bahrain in a show of support for prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim before…
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Sheikh Salman to UN: Make Bahrain stop persecuting Shias
The secretary general of Bahrain’s al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has called on the UN high commissioner for human rights to put an end…
Bahrainis mark Eid al-Adha with anti-regime rallies
Bahraini people have marked the Muslim occasion of Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice) with rallies in solidarity with top Shia cleric…
Photos: Iranians hold massive rallies to protest Saudi, Bahraini crimes
Iranians have staged demonstrations in the capital, Tehran, and several other major cities across the country to condemn the Saudi crimes and…
Iranians hold massive rallies to protest Saudi, Bahraini crimes
Iranians have staged demonstrations in the capital, Tehran, and several other major cities across the country to condemn the Saudi crimes and…
Bahrain adjourns trial of three Shia clerics
Bahraini judiciary officials have postponed the trial of three Shia clerics amid the Al Khalifah regime’s heavy-handed crackdown against prominent figures and…
US urges Bahrain to free jailed rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab
The United States has called on the Bahraini regime to release prominent rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, citing “concerns” over silencing dissidents in the…
Bahrain charges activist anew for publishing piece in US daily
A prominent Bahraini rights activist, who already faces many years in jail for campaigning against the ruling authorities and their Saudi allies,…
Bahrain must release Nabeel Rajab: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on countries who “support peaceful activism” to pressure Bahrain into releasing human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab. On…
Al Khalifa trying to sideline all Bahraini Shias: Activist
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Bahraini political activist took a swipe at the Al Khalifa ruling regime for its plans to create sectarian…
Sheikh Qassim not to appear in any court: Bahraini cleric
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A member of presiding board of Bahrain’s Ulema (scholars) Council made it clear that Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual…
Bahraini courts sentence 18 citizens to years in prison
Bahraini courts have handed down jail terms to 18 people over a range of allegations, among them attacks against police, as the…
Amnesty urges Bahrain to stop repression of opponents
Amnesty International has called on the Bahraini regime to suspend its heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful critics and opposition figures as Manama keeps…
Bahraini court sentences two nationals to 15 years in jail
The High Criminal Court in Bahrain has sentenced two Bahraini nationals to 15 years in jail over allegations of damaging a police…
Top Bahraini cleric calls prevention of holding Friday prayers ‘Dishonorable’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shiite majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, slammed the Manama regime for preventing Shiites from holding…
Iranian lawmakers support Bahrainis’ anti-oppressive struggle
The majority of Iranian lawmakers have expressed their support for the struggle of the Bahraini people against oppressive moves taken by the Al…
Rights activist banned from leaving Bahrain for possessing info on regime abuse
Bahraini authorities have prevented a senior human rights activist from traveling to Switzerland to attend a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR)…
Bahrain starts sentencing top cleric supporters to prison
Bahraini authorities have started handing down prison sentences to those holding sit-ins in protest at the regime’s decision to revoke the citizenship of prominent Shia Muslim…
Iranian MPs condemn Al-Khalifa for inhumane behavior towards senior cleric
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian legislators in a statement deplored the al-Khalifa regime for arresting trying religious and political leaders and and stripping Shia…
Manama regime systematically targeting Shia clerics: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Bahraini regime of systematically targeting religious leaders of the country’s Shia community and violating the…
Bahrain bars rights activist from leaving country
Bahraini authorities have prevented a human rights activist from traveling abroad in an attempt to keep the international community in the dark…
Parliament’s top advisor raps Al-Khalifa for “inhumane” behavior towards Sheikh Qassim
TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian deplored the al-Khalifa regime for stripping Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh…
Bahraini protesters slam Al Khalifah regime’s ban on Friday prayers
Dozens of protesters have rallied in Bahrain to condemn a ban on holding Friday prayers and to denounce the Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown…
Bahrainis rally outside Sheikh Qassim’s home for 59th consecutive day
In a show of support for prominent Sheikh Isa Qassim Bahrainis have held a protest outside his home for the 59th consecutive day…
Protesters stage anti-regime rally in Bahrain
Scores of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Bahrain in a show of solidarity with political prisoners and jailed activists. On…
UN experts urge Bahrain to end crackdown on Shia community
A number of United Nations-appointed independent experts have called on the Bahraini regime to halt its heavy-handed crackdown on the country’s Shia…
Bahrainis hold demonstration in solidarity with Sheikh Qassim
Bahraini people have staged another mass rally to express their support for distinguished Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who recently had…
Bahrainis barred from Friday prayers for 4th consecutive week
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Large groups of Bahraini worshippers took to the streets in Diraz on Friday after the ruling Al Khalifa regime…
Bahrain arrests, charges 12 over Sheikh Qassim rallies
Bahrain has arrested and charged 12 people for taking part in protests held outside the home of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa…
Bahrain detains 4 more Shia clerics
Officials in Bahrain have detained four more Shia clerics, as the regime continues to suppress political dissent throughout the country. The Bahraini…
Rights Group: Bahrain regime shut down internet services in Diraz every night
TEHRAN (FNA)- A leading human rights group monitoring the situation in Bahrain said in a report that Al Khalifa regime has shut…
Bahraini police detain 4 Shia cleric amid relentless crackdown
Bahraini police have arrested four Shia clerics as the Manama regime presses ahead with its repression of prominent figures from the majority…
Representative reaffirms Bahraini nation’s support for Sheikh Qassim
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Representative of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shiite majority whose nationality has been revoked by the…
Bahrainis hold protest rally against Al Khalifah regime
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – In Bahrain, residents of the village of Diraz on Friday once again protested against the Al Khalifah regime for…
Any move against Sheikh Qassim to have dire consequences: Bahraini figure
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior Bahraini opposition figure warned the Al Khalifa regime of the dire consequences of insulting moves against prominent…
Bahrain govt. likely behind Internet disruption in Diraz: Rights group
The Internet slowdown in the Bahraini village of Diraz, home to a leading Shia cleric, appears to be ordered by Manama in…
Bahraini scholars slam Al Khalifah crackdown on Shia figures
Bahraini scholars have slammed the Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown on Shia figures, calling for an end to the summoning and arrest of…
Sectarianism; Al Khalifa’s tool for repressing revolutionaries
Alwaght- The significant point about the Bahraini uprising is the involvement of over 30 active parties and political movements in the country…
1000s hold funeral for Bahraini dissident killed in regime custody
A large number of people have taken to the streets in Bahrain to attend the funeral of a political dissident who reportedly…
Islamic human rights award 2016 jointly goes to Bahrain’s cleric, IHRC co-founder
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Bahrain’s top Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim and the co-founder of the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), Arzu…