Major opposition and activist figures who were stripped of Bahraini citizenship are not among hundreds of people whose nationality will be restored under an amnesty announced last week.
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Bahraini rights campaigner Ebtisam al-Saegh reported that she was denied entry into next-door Saudi Arabia over the weekend.
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The London-based Bahraini human rights defender, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, is reporting that the head of Bahrain’s Jaw Prison visited the United Kingdom earlier this month.
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Bahrain’s opposition Al-Wefaq movement sounded the alarm over the “unprecedented rise” of religious persecution in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Former Bahraini MP Mohammed Khalid Ibrahim has been detained after the public prosecutor’s office in Manama accused him of ‘broadcasting false news and misusing social media’.
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A Bahraini journalist who works at one of the pro-government daily newspapers in the Gulf kingdom was detained on Monday pending a further investigation.
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Small-scale protests erupted across Bahrain on Friday night against what many regard as efforts aimed at ‘normalizing’ ties between Manama and Israel.
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Bahraini female detainee, Hadeer Abadi, reportedly had her detention extended by an additional 30 days for a fourth consecutive time on Thursday.
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Rights campaigner Ebtisam al-Saegh is reporting that a number of detainees at Bahrain’s Jaw Prison sustained injuries after being assaulted by the guards at the facility on Wednesday night.
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Exiled Bahraini human rights defender, Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei, has vowed that he “will not rest” until his mother-in-law, Hajer Mansoor, is free.
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Rights campaigners are reiterating their calls for the release of Hajer Mansoor as she spends her third birthday behind bars in Bahrain’s Isa Town Prison.
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Two Bahraini detainees have reportedly gone on hunger strike in recent days over their lack of access to proper health care.
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AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Sheikh Isa Qassim attends Eid al-Mab’ath celebration in Qom.
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The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) is reporting that the health of two Bahraini political prisoners deteriorated as a result of their lack of access to medical treatment.
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Bahrain’s highest religious authority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, condemned the planned participation of an Israeli delegation in Manama’s upcoming 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Congress.
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Amnesty International is asking Manama to either release the Bahrainis detained for their participation in the peaceful Diraz sit-in or try them in individualized proceedings that meet fair trial standards.
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Manama’s public prosecutor extended the detention of Bahraini female detainee, Hadeer Abadi, by an additional 30 days.
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Bahraini activists gathered outside the Saudi embassy in Berlin on Friday, marking eight years since the start of the Saudi-led military intervention in their country.
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Amnesty International is calling on Manama to quash Wednesday’s conviction against Bahraini opposition figure Ebrahim Sharif.
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A Manama court sentenced Bahraini opposition figure Ebrahim Sharif to six months in prison over a mere tweet deemed critical of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir.
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According to rights campaigner Ebtisam Al-Saegh, Taha contacted his family early on Tuesday morning and informed them of his whereabouts.
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A 19-year-old Bahraini was taken into police custody at the Manama airport on Monday after returning from a ‘religious trip’.
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Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim met with Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought in Qom.
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Authorities in Bahrain’s Jaw Prison reportedly tightened restrictions at one of the facility’s buildings on Saturday.
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Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim met with Grand Ayatollah Shubairi Zanjani in Qom.
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Bahraini teenager, Hassan Hamza Said, had his detention extended by a further week on Thursday.
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Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim met with Grand Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani in Qom.
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Bahraini scholars in a statement slammed recent court rulings against those supporting top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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Bahraini female detainee Hajer Mansoor Hassan, whose conviction has been termed “unlawful” by the UN, marked two years behind bars on Tuesday.
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A case involving two Bahraini teenagers has been referred to court as prosecutors charged the minors with taking part in an ‘illegal gathering’.
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