Tags - Bahrain
Rasa - The media rights group Reporters Without Borders has warned about the suffocation of press freedom in Bahrain and Manama’s ruthless repression of political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners, condemning the recent sentences handed down to a blogger and a journalist over terrorism-related charges.
News ID: 434691 Publish Date : 2017/11/10
Rasa - Amnesty International called for urgent action, demanding that all charges raised against human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Sayegh be dropped, noting that she remains at risk of detention, since Al-Sayegh has yet to receive the conditions of her release or information about her trial.
News ID: 434678 Publish Date : 2017/11/08
Rasa - Bahrain i Interior Ministry forces attacked a number of citizens, who were participating in a Shiite religious event held in the town of Diraz.
News ID: 434675 Publish Date : 2017/11/08
Rasa - A Bahrain i court has postponed until November 22 the trial of prominent Bahrain i human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab, who has been kept behind bars over his criticism of the ruling Al Khalifah regime and the Wahhabi ideology.
News ID: 434672 Publish Date : 2017/11/08
BCHR:
Rasa - The Bahrain i regime severely curtailed freedom of religion and belief of its majority Shiite Muslims population, imposing tight restrictions to hold mourning ceremonies marking Ashura in October 2017, a human rights group said.
News ID: 434615 Publish Date : 2017/11/05
Rasa - A member of the presiding board of Bahrain ’s Ulema Council voiced concern about the health of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Bahrain ’s Shiite majority who has been placed on house arrest by the Manama regime, saying the popular figure needs immediate medical care.
News ID: 434591 Publish Date : 2017/11/04
Rasa - Courts in Bahrain have separately handed down prison sentences between six months and one year to three Shia Muslim clerics as the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown and persecution of the members of the religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
News ID: 434530 Publish Date : 2017/11/02
Rasa - A Bahrain i rights group has urged the United States to suspend a diplomatic visa for a Bahrain prince accused of torturing political prisoners during the 2011 uprising against the Al Khalifah rule.
News ID: 434529 Publish Date : 2017/11/02
Rasa - Bahrain charged the leader of the country's outlawed main opposition party with "spying" and suggested the 2011 Arab Spring protests that gripped the country were instigated by a "foreign country".
News ID: 434525 Publish Date : 2017/11/02
Rasa - A court in Bahrain has sentenced ten anti-regime protesters to life imprisonment and revoked their citizenship as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
News ID: 434509 Publish Date : 2017/10/31
Rasa - Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have strongly condemned the jail terms handed down to three family members of a prominent activist living abroad, stating that the verdicts are clearly indicative of the extremes, which the Al Khalifah regime is prepared to go in order to crush political dissent in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
News ID: 434505 Publish Date : 2017/10/31
Bahraini Political Campaigner:
Rasa – The spokesman for the Bahrain i Rights Movement referred to the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society and stressed that the Al Khalifah has repeatedly tried to penetrate Bahrain i’s revolutionary authorities.
News ID: 434502 Publish Date : 2017/11/02
Rasa - A Bahrain i court has handed down heavy jail sentences to more than a dozen people in a mass trial as the regime in Manama continues its crackdown campaign against opposition and political dissent.
News ID: 434498 Publish Date : 2017/10/31
Rasa - People in different parts of Bahrain took to the streets in solidarity with Ayatollah Shaykh Isa Qassem and other revolutionary figures that are imprisoned by the Al-Khalifa regime.
News ID: 434495 Publish Date : 2017/10/31
EU:
Rasa - The European Union says Bahrain ’s dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) “contravenes provisions on the freedoms of speech and association,” a day after a court in Manama upheld a ruling on banning the major opposition party.
News ID: 434468 Publish Date : 2017/10/29
Rasa - Fifteen organizations and 27 MPs have called on the British government to request the release of three Bahrain is detained in the Persian Gulf country.
News ID: 434461 Publish Date : 2017/10/28
Rasa - Health conditions of five female Bahrain i activists that have gone on a hunger strike in prison to protest their ill treatment by prison authorities have reportedly deteriorated as the regime’s crackdown on popular dissent persists.
News ID: 434457 Publish Date : 2017/10/28
Rasa - Nabeel Rajab’s appeal hearing was postponed until November 8, when the defense and prosecution are going to be expected to present their closing arguments.
News ID: 433414 Publish Date : 2017/10/26
Rasa - The Bahrain i authorities continued their security campaign in A'ali village and other areas in Bahrain , as local sources said that at least 5 citizens were arrested within the last 48 hours.
News ID: 433394 Publish Date : 2017/10/25
Bahraini Cleric:
Rasa – The representative of Ayatollah Isa Qasim noted Islamic unity as a strategic option and stressed upon the launch of NGOs to spread the culture of solidarity in all countries.
News ID: 433387 Publish Date : 2017/10/24