At Least Two Protesters Are Killed in Saudi Arabia
The arrest of a prominent Shiite Muslim cleric over the weekend has ignited protests in eastern Saudi Arabia that have left at least two people dead, the Saudi interior ministry told news agencies on...
View ArticleBahrain Bombs: Five Blasts Hit Capital Manama, 2 Killed
Bahraini policemen search for evidence at the scene of an explosion that killed an Asian man in Manama, Bahrain, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters)...
View ArticleTHE ANNEXATION OF BAHRAIN TO SAUDI ARABIA: The Plan of Saudi-Bahrain Merger
The recently declared plan by the members of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council to annex the soil of Bahrain to Saudi Arabia and form a greater Arab union has attested to the fact that the tyrannical...
View ArticleTwo Narratives to Explain Unrest in One Bahraini Village
A village southeast of Bahrain’s capital surrounded by checkpoints has become a focus of the ongoing struggle between the government and opposition activists. In the village of Eker, activists say...
View ArticleBahrain Sentences Activist to 3 Years in Prison for ‘Inciting’...
Bahrain sentenced a leading rights activist to three years in prison on Thursday for “inciting” anti-government protests in speeches and Twitter updates, the state news agency reports. The activist,...
View ArticleProtests Over Arms Sales to Bahrain
One day after the State Department said the United States would resume some arms sales to Bahrain — despite what the United States acknowledges as “unresolved human rights issues” among the country’s...
View ArticleBahraini Activists Document Crackdown on Protest
Security forces again fired tear gas and arrested demonstrators in Bahrain’s capital on Friday, as protestors renewed their calls for reform and the release of political prisoners in the Gulf Arab...
View ArticleBahrain Welcomes European Delegation, Not Delegates’ Calls to Free...
As The Lede reported on Wednesday, a delegation from the European Parliament visited Bahrain this week to discuss human rights, just as the kingdom jailed a rights advocate for documenting a protest...
View ArticleBahrain Detains Officer for Slapping Man
Although Bahrain has previously failed to prosecute members of the security forces caught on video shooting unarmed protesters, this week an officer who slapped a man with a baby in his arms was...
View ArticleIn Saudi Town, Women Protest Detentions, Leading to Their Own
Last weekend, Saudi security forces encircled and arrested a small group of women who were protesting the long-term detention of relatives without charges on suspicion of terrorism, and the event has...
View ArticleTeenager Killed as Bahrain Marks Protest Anniversary
A Bahraini teenager was shot and killed during clashes with the kingdom’s security forces on Thursday, as protesters marked the second anniversary of the start of their movement calling for reforms on...
View ArticleBahrain Bans Protests: Human Rights Activist Says 'Physical, Psychological,...
Bahrain human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja says the government there is escalating its crackdown on protests in advance of a major opposition rally, and says that the regime continues to torture...
View ArticleJailed Bahraini Activists on Hunger Strike
Two jailed Bahraini human rights activists — a father and daughter — have gone on a hunger strike and their medical conditions are worsening, according to a family member and a rights group. Abdulhadi...
View ArticleA Bahraini Activist’s Message From Prison
Zainab al-Khawaja, an opposition activist in Bahrain who charted the uprising in the country on her @AngryArabiya Twitter feed until she was detained this year, has sent an audio message to her...
View ArticleSale of Tear Gas to Bahrain Blocked Over Concerns Raised by Rights Groups
A video produced for Bahrain Watch’s “Stop the Shipment” campaign, documenting what rights groups have called the excessive use of tear gas by police officers in the kingdom. Citing concerns raised by...
View ArticleNew Pussy Riot Video Released as Jailed Members Reject Attacks on Crucifixes
As the Russian news site Gazeta.ru reports, the all-female punk protest band Pussy Riot released a new video on Thursday in which they thanked fellow musicians for their support and burned a huge image...
View ArticleBahrain acquits key opposition figure
A Bahraini court on Wednesday acquitted a prominent opposition figure on charges of "inciting terrorism" and having links with a group that the government has designated as "terrorist". Khalil...
View ArticleCitizen to Uncitizen
Imagine for a moment that you are living alone in exile. Your immediate family is nearly 3,000 miles away. Your father is serving a life sentence in prison for demanding basic justice and dignity. The...
View ArticleLeading Human Rights Activist Imprisoned in Bahrain
Just 26 years old and already a renowned human rights activist, Maryam al-Khawaja is following in her father's footsteps. But that's not necessarily a good thing. See also: Islamic State Releases Video...
View ArticleUN Calls On Bahrain To Release Human Rights Activist
MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) – The United Nations and many international organizations call on Bahrain to release human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja who was arrested in Manama on August 30...
View ArticleQ&A: Bahrain rights defender Maryam Khawaja
The co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Maryam al-Khawaja, was arrested on arrival at Manama airport on August 30 and told that her citizenship had been revoked. After three years living...
View ArticleBahraini critics face threat of statelessness
On the day of her arrest at Bahrain International Airport, human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja tweeted: "Overheard guards saying they are going to deport me. They keep saying I am not a citizen."...
View ArticleWave of arbitrary arrests of dissident information providers (RSF - Reporters...
(Source: RSF - Reporters sans frontières) Published on Thursday 2 October 2014. International community urged to apply pressure as climate worsens again Freelance journalist, blogger and activist Ahmed...
View ArticleTwo die in Bahraini regime custody
Manama, April 10: The Bahraini Interior Ministry has announced that two protesters have died in police custody after alleged physical abuse by Bahraini security forces. The ministry said the body of...
View ArticleSenior activist arrested in Bahrain
Manama, March 21: The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has expressed concern over the deteriorating rights condition in the monarchy after another Bahraini activist was taken to an unknown...
View ArticleBahraini human rights activist criticizes German-Saudi tank deal
Berlin, Jul 6, IRNA -- Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja here Wednesday lambasted latest weapons deal between Berlin and Riyadh, involving reported sale of up to 200 Leopard 2...
View ArticleBahrain Rights Activist Says He Was Beaten After Attack on Protest
A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain was briefly hospitalized on Friday night after the security forces attacked a protest in the capital, Manama. Nabeel Rajab, the president of the Bahrain...
View ArticleCaught on camera: Female human rights activist handcuffed and dragged along...
A human rights activist in Bahrain has been filmed being handcuffed and later hit by a policewoman during clashes between police and anti-government protestors. Zainab al-Khawaja, 27, was arrested...
View ArticleBritain urged to act over Bahrain torture claims
Campaigners highlight plight of detainees, mostly arrested in clampdown on Shia groups before next month's elections A child plays in the village of Malkiya, Bahrain. Posters of Shia detainees hang on...
View ArticleDozens hurt, 800 detained in Bahrain
Manama, April 10: In Bahrain, Saudi-backed forces have injured 32 people after opening fire on anti-regime protesters in two villages near the southern town of Sitra. Meanwhile, Maryam al-Khawaja of...
View ArticleSaudi Ties Alleged Iranian Plot to Claims Bahrian Unrest Was Orchestrated by...
While several American experts on Iran remain unconvinced that the Iranian government really did authorize a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Washington with the help of a Mexican drug...
View ArticleRights Groups Disturbed By Bahrain Court Decision on Activists' Sentences
Rights groups are expressing disappointment over the decision by Bahrain’s highest court to reject the appeals of 13 activists jailed on charges of organizing pro-democracy protests in Bahrain nearly...
View ArticleLatest Updates on the French Presidential Election
The Lede is following developments in the first round of presidential voting in France on Sunday as President Nicolas Sarkozy faces nine challengers in his bid for a second term. Above is a live feed...
View ArticleBahrain Grand Prix fails to drown out angry protests
Tough security enables controversial race to go ahead in Manama, but opponents claim moral victory Anti-government protesters shout at riot police in Sanabis, on the edge of Manama, in the hours before...
View ArticlePolice in Bahrain Kill 14-Year-Old During Protest, Activists Say
Human rights activists in Bahrain, the tiny but strategically important Persian Gulf monarchy, said security forces there killed a 14-year-old boy on Wednesday as they violently dispersed a protest in...
View ArticleActivists and American Observers Detained as Bahrain Marks Protest Anniversary
Bahrain arrested three local human rights activists on Tuesday, along with six Americans who had traveled to the kingdom as part of a private monitoring mission, during a security crackdown on the...
View ArticleBahrain's Grand Prix smokescreen
123Race for reform: Anti-Formula 1 graffiti in the village of Barbar, west of the Bahraini capital, Manama.Zeinab al-Khawaja, daughter of the jailed activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, at an anti-government...
View ArticleProtesters Blocked From Returning to Bahrain’s Pearl Square
Hundreds of protesters were prevented from returning to a symbolic square in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, on Friday, following the funeral of a man the main opposition party said was beaten to death by...
View ArticleBahraini activist's father jailed for life
Zainab al-Khawaja aka angryarabiya gained international attention after tweeting about human rights abuses in the country Zainab al-Khawaja's father was jailed for life, her husband and brother-in-law...
View ArticleBahrain Activist’s Arrest Caught on Video
A blogger and human rights activist who called Bahrain “a dictatorship” in an interview with The New York Times this week was arrested on Thursday during a protest. Video posted online by opposition...
View ArticleBahrain Activist’s Hunger Strike Belies Image of Calm Ahead of Formula One Race
Two weeks before Bahrain is scheduled to hold a prestigious international motor race, the kingdom’s attempts to project an image of calm were shattered on Friday when the police fired tear gas at...
View ArticleBahrain protesters confront police
Dubai - Hundreds of Bahraini protesters confronted riot police for hours on Thursday near a highway leading to the capital Manama, retreating when officers fired stun grenades and teargas but...
View ArticleA Bahraini Activist Explains the Standoff Over Formula One
Thousands of opposition protesters marched in Bahrain’s capital on Friday, to protest the kingdom’s decision to go ahead with the Formula One Grand Prix this weekend, despite a crackdown on dissent in...
View ArticleDenmark Presses Bahrain to Release Activist Amid Doubts Over Formula One Race
Denmark’s prime minister pressed Bahrain to release a jailed rights activist on Tuesday, 62 days into his hunger strike, as the kingdom continued to dismiss claims that its crackdown on dissent made it...
View ArticleUN expert calls on Bahrain to release detained activist
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, Bahraini opposition activist Zainab al-Khawaja checks her cellphone as she waits to hear about her detained sister,...
View ArticleBahrain Arrests Terror Cell, Claims Link to Iran
Cecily Hilleary WASHINGTON— Bahrain says it arrested members of a terror cell plotting to set off explosions across the country. Manama described the cell as an armed wing of the Shi'ite fringe...
View ArticlePolice detain Bahrain activist, her 1-year-old son
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahraini police detained a political activist and her year-old son on Monday in an operation that came on the fifth anniversary of Saudi and Emirati soldiers putting down Arab...
View ArticleBahrain detains activist Zainab al-Khawaja and her one-year-old son
Detention comes as several Lebanese citizens are deported over alleged ties to Hezbollah as Shia-Sunni tensions continue...
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