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Bahrain: Third on List of Most Racist Countries in World according to New Classification
2018-09-10
Economic and trading group, Insider Monkey, launched the ranking of the 25 most racist countries, where Bahrain occupied the third rank after Lebanon and India.
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Spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry: No Evidence on Entry of 14 Iranians to Bahrain with Fake Passports
2018-09-10
Spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry Bahram Qassemi dismissed Bahraini security agency's claims that it had arrested 14 Iranian nationals for illegal entry with fake passports, Fars News Agency reported.
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Diraz: Grandson of Head of Delegation who Visited King Hamad Arrested
2018-09-10
The Bahraini authorities arrested on Monday (September 10, 2018) at dawn Sayed Ali Sayed Mahdi (14 years) after raiding his house in Diraz.
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5 Children Arrested in Diraz Despite Vows to Release Detained Children
2018-09-10
The Bahraini authorities arrested at the early hours of Monday (September 10, 2018) 5 children after wide raid campaigns in Diraz.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Directly Criticizes Bahrain in Her First Speech
2018-09-10
In her first participation in the council’s works since assuming the post after the Jordanian Prince, Zeid bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein, the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet criticized Bahrain’s human rights record.
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House of Representatives Advisor Calls for Including Foreigners in Retirement Law and Allowing them to Benefit from Unemployment Insurance Revenues
2018-09-08
Economic advisor in the House of Representatives Abdullah Al-Sadiq said that treatment of the actuarial deficit of the pension funds requires an increase in the number of participants for retirees.
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Economic Magazine Reveals Bahrain Borrowing another $500 Million without Officially Announcing It
2018-09-08
Sources say Bahrain has raised $500m from a private placement of bonds with five regional banks, reported Arabian Business.
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King to Call Parliament to Convene at End of September to Set New Retirement Laws: Newspaper
2018-09-08
Al-Ayam newspaper, which has close ties with the Royal Court, said that the Parliament will be invited to convene at the end of the current month to vote on a bill suggested by the parliamentary committee regarding changing the retirement laws.
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Bahrain: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Calls on Bahraini Citizens in Iraq to Immediately Leave
2018-09-08
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Bahraini citizens to immediately leave Iraq, due to the protests witnessed there.
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Leading Authors Demand Returning Books to Hassan Mushaima in Open Letter to Bahrain King
2018-09-08
Leading writers including Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Claire Tomalin have signed an open letter to the king of Bahrain urging him to intervene in the case of political prisoner Hassan Mushaima.
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British Organization Calls for Putting More Pressure on Bahrain to Prevent Execution of 21 People
2018-09-08
Britain's Reprieve called for signing a petition to prevent Bahrain from carrying out the death penalty on 21 people on death row, many of them political prisoners.
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Story of Teacher Mahmoud Hamdan Exposes Education Ministry Undersecretary
2018-09-07
Here is the story of Mahmoud Ali Abd Abbas Hamdan written on his Instagram account.
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Interior Ministry: Passport Not Issued to Child Whose Father’s Citizenship was Revoked after He Fought in Syria
2018-09-07
Bahraini Ministry of Interior has explained that not issuing a Bahraini passport to a Bahraini child was due to the fact that her father, who went to Syria to fight with terrorist organizations, had his nationality revoked.
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VIDEO: They Promised to Clear my Case within a Month, Mohammed Khatam
2018-09-06
Bahraini citizen Mohammed Khatam said he received a promise to have his case cleared within a month. On August 27, 2018, Khatam was arrested in front of the former government building in the capital, Manama.
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Detainee Mohammed Faraj: Patient with Multiple Sclerosis Still without Medication in Risky Condition
2018-09-06
The family of Mohammed Faraj, a patient who suffers from multiple sclerosis, confirmed that he has been without medication since a week ago.
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Ministry of Industry Closes 3 Shops in Hoora
2018-09-06
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism said it has administratively closed three shops in Hoora, and referred the shopkeepers to Public Prosecution on charges of violating the provisions of Commercial Registration Law 27/2017.
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Appeals of Sheikh Ali Salman Adjourned…Al-Wefaq Says: His Trial is Political, Should be Stopped
2018-09-06
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society considered the trial of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman a political trial that aims to try the project of a collective state, which is based on law and institutions and in which the people are the source of power.
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Zainab Al-Khawaja Starts Silent Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Ali Mushaima
2018-09-06
Activist Maryam Al-Khawaja said in a tweet on her own Twitter account thet her sister, Zainab Al-Khawaja, started a silent hunger strike in solidarity with Ali Mushaima who is demanding basic prisoner rights for his 70 year old father, Hasan Mushaima, a prisoner of conscience in Bahrain.
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Political Prisoners Complain about 5-Day Water Outage at Jaw Prison, Describe it as Hell
2018-09-05
Human rights activist Ebtisam Al-Sayegh reported the complaints of a number of political prisoners in some of Jaw Central Prison’s buildings due to the continuous water outage that has lasted for five days.
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Authorities Release Citizen who Protested Near Government Bldg. Demanding to Be Reinstated after his Health Deteriorated
2018-09-05
Account of Bahraini citizen Mohammad Khatem said that he called his family form the emergency department of Al-Salmaniya and told them that the authorities ordered his release.