Bahraini authorities accuse top Shiite cleric of serving foreign interests and encouraging sectarianism and violence.

Bahrain's government on Monday stripped a leading Shiite cleric of his nationality, a move that brought hundreds of protesters into the streets and prompted warnings of unrest.

A Bahraini court sentenced eight Shiites to 15-year jail terms for forming a "terror" group, as the authorities...

Reporters Without Borders deplored Bahrain court decision to uphold photographer Sayed Ahmed Al Mousawi's ten-year jail sentence.

Bahraini court sentenced 10 defendants to life imprisonment over “Saraya Al-Ashtar” case, also revoking citizenships ...

Al-Wefaq said expulsion of Taimour Karimi is an illegal action and clear example of ongoing practice of deportation.

Lawyer Abdulla Al-Shamlawi said Bahraini court decided to deport Taimour Karimi, a lawyer stripped of Bahraini citizenship.

A report recently published by the Salam for Democracy and Human Rights revealed that the Bahraini authorities' targeting of the Ajam minority, who constitute 15-20% of the population in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Human Rights Watch called on Bahrain on Sunday to stop deporting citizens after stripping them of their nationality, two days before a hearing that could lead to the expulsion of another nine.

The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated that it is deeply troubled by the arrest of human rights defender, Zainab Al Khawaja, further expressing concern over the citizenship law, enabling the Bahrain government to revoke the citizenship of activists, as well as the imposed travel bans.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 15 years in prison, over alleged charges of attempted murder, training on the use firearms as well as the possession of arms.

The Bahraini authorities expelled on Tuesday (March 15, 2016) another dissenter, after the court of appeals upheld last Tuesday a sentence, stripping him of his citizenship and deporting him from the country.

The UN high commissioner said that the Bahraini government "continues to silence political opponents, journalists and human rights defenders by arrests, revocation of citizenship and deportation."

In response to the Bahraini authorities' decision to deport Dr. Masoud Al-Jahromi by force, Amnesty International stressed that expulsion is now "Bahrain's new weapon of choice."

Bahraini authorities expelled a Bahraini national who was stripped of his citizenship, Hussein Khayrallah Mohammad Mohammadi, to the Lebanese capital Beirut on Wednesday (February 24, 2016), according to lawyer Mohammad Al-Tajer.

The King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, issued a royal decree revoking the Bahraini citizenships of "Major Ali Hussein Hawrani, and all the members of his family who were granted the nationality in succession.

The Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) announced that during last December 2015 a number of court verdicts were issued, including an upheld death sentence, life imprisonment sentences, decisions revoking 24 citizenships, not to mention many sentences reaching up to 15 years in prison.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other international and Bahraini nongovernmental organizations strongly condemned the repeated use of the death penalty by Bahraini authorities and called on the government to commute the death and life sentences.

Bahrain Mirror: The Chairman of the Supreme Council of Justice and the Head of the Court of Cassation Salem Al-Kuwari justified the sentences stripping the nationalities of a large number of Bahrainis over political charges, pointing out that legal texts allow the revocation of citizenships.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Al-Kooheji Family stressed in a statement that what was issued by the Bahraini Shura Council member Fatima Al-Kooheji expresses her personal views and does not reflect in any way the opinions or convictions of Abdul-Jabbar Al-Kooheji’s sons.