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Freedom House in 2021 Annual Report: Bahrain "Not Free", Activist Subjected to Spying, Attacks
2021-09-28
Freedom House Organization said in its 2021 annual report, published on its official website, that "Internet freedom in Bahrain remains restricted. Authorities continued to block websites and forced the removal of online content, particularly social media posts criticizing the government."
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US Senators in Letter to Blinken: Repression in Bahrain would Lead to Instability that Threatens Fifth Fleet
2021-09-25
US Senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern over the government of Bahrain's terrible human rights record, threating that lack of stability would ultimately affect US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
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Amnesty Int'l: Recent Releases under Alternative Penal Code in Bahrain don't Inspire Confidence
2021-09-25
Amnesty International said that the recent releases do not inspire confidence that Bahrain's "alternative sentencing" program is being applied in compliance with human rights law.
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Can Anyone Give Example of Fully Democratic People and Opposition: Sharif Responds to Statement Saying Opposition's Undemocratic
2021-09-24
Opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif responded to those claiming the Bahraini people's non readiness for democracy, and to those who accuse the opposition of being undemocratic, putting them in the same category of the authorities.
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Journalist Nazeeha Saeed Wins Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Award for Arab Journalism
2021-09-24
Bahraini journalist Nazeeha Saeed won Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Award for Arab Journalism for 2021, organized by Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Foundation for Arab Journalism in Egypt since 2018.
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Al-Jazeera Channel Reveals Shocking Facts and Violations against Detained Children in Dry Dock Prison
2021-09-24
Al-Jazeera Channel is getting ready to broadcast a new episode on Dry Dock Prison in Bahrain, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported. The episode includes UN and human rights reports and information on vast violations against detainees, particularly children.
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Al-Wefaq Announces Its Intention to Organize General National Conference for Bahraini Political Forces
2021-09-22
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stressed its readiness to "coordinate and communicate with opposition forces at the highest levels and organize a general national conference for the Bahraini political forces."
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Iraqi Yazidi Says Bahraini ISIS Member Raped her for 3 Years, Gave Birth to His Children
2021-09-19
Activist on social media circulated a video of an exclusive interview aired by the Al-Hadath Channel with one of the Yazidis raped by a member of ISIS terrorist organization.
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Trade between Bahrain and Occupying Entity Reaches $300,000 within One Year: BBC Report
2021-09-19
The Arabic BCC website published a report on the normalization results between the Emirates and Bahrain with Israel.
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Mr. Hassan Mushaima: My Return to Home under Alternative Penalty is Like Another Prison
2021-09-19
Bahrain Mirror: The Haq Movement leader, Hassan Mushaima, said that he is assured of his decision to refuse conditional freedom, his family members reported after meeting him in prison.
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Abdulwahab Hussein Calls for Avoiding Hastiness with Every Arising Situation
2021-09-19
Al-Wafaa leader Abdulwahab Hussein called for what he described as readying ranks and avoiding hastiness with every situation that arises.
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Israeli Foreign Minister to Visit Bahrain Later this Month
2021-09-19
Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Friday that he will visit Bahrain later this month, the first such visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf country following the normalization agreement reached last year.
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US Embassy Welcomes What it Called "Expanding Alternative Sentencing Law in Bahrain"
2021-09-19
he US Embassy in Bahrain welcomed via its twitter account Bahrain's expanded application of its alternative sentencing law.
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Bahraini Consensus on Rejecting Normalization: Statement
2021-09-17
Al-Wefaq said that "One year after the historical crime of signing an illegitimate and illegal agreement between the ruling regime in Bahrain and the Zionist entity, Bahrainis unanimously agree and in an unprecedented way that this crime does not represent Bahrain and does not reflect its people."
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Bahrain Releases Some Political Prisoners under New Law
2021-09-16
Bahrain has conditionally released 30 prisoners under new rules allowing electronic monitoring and home detention instead, the government and activists said on Wednesday. Almost all those freed are considered political detainees by rights groups.
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Contact with Arrested Child Lost since 4 Days
2021-09-16
Hasan Mubarak, 15, has been arrested since 4 days, during which he was not allowed to meet his family.
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UN Experts Address Gov't of Bahrain on Violations against Sheikh Zuhair Ashour and Ali Al-Wazeer
2021-09-15
Mandates of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances published a letter sent to the Bahraini government on June 28, 2021, in which it expressed concern about the acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners of conscience, Sheikh Zuhair Ashour and Ali Al-Wazeer.
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Ayatollah Qassim Thanks Haq Movement Leader for His Honorable Stance
2021-09-15
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim thanked Haq Movement leader, Mr. Hassan Mushaima, for his honorable stance. Mushaima rejected his conditional release, describing it as humiliating.
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Haq Movement Leader Rejects Conditional Release from Prison
2021-09-15
The Haq Movement leader, Hassan Mushaima, who is sentenced to life imprisonment, said that he rejects conditional release from prison, his son, activist Ali Mushaima reported.
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Interior Ministry Launches Raids Campaign in Samaheej and Buri, Arrests 7 Citizens
2021-09-14
The Interior Ministry led a campaign of arrests in more than one Bahraini villages at dawn on Monday, September 13, 2021.