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22-Jan-2020 The New Arab Dry Drock Hunger Strike Scores of prisoners in Bahrain launch hunger strike over scabies outbreak
8-Jan-2020 Middle East Eye Death Penalty – Mohammed Ramadhan & Husein Moussa Bahrain court reimposes death penalty for two pro-democracy activists
8-Jan-2020 The New Arab Death Penalty – Mohammed Ramadhan & Husein Moussa Bahrain using US-Iran tensions to mask unjust executions, say activists
9-Jan-2020 AFP Death Penalty – Mohammed Ramadhan & Husein Moussa Amnesty condemns Bahrain double death sentences
9-Jan-2020 The Times Death Penalty – Mohammed Ramadhan & Husein Moussa ‘Tortured’ activists must be executed, Bahrain court rules

 

29-Dec-2019 The Independent Hajer Mansoor – Prison Bahrain is holding my family hostage – and the UK is abetting them
24-Dec-2019 NBC News Death penalty – Mohammed Ramadhan & Husein Moussa Bahrain dissidents face possible Christmas Day death sentences
23-Dec-2019 Newsweek Death penalty – Mohammed Ramadhan & Husein Moussa MY DEATH SENTENCE HAS BEEN SET FOR CHRISTMAS DAY—SO THAT YOU WON’T NOTICE | OPINION
23-Dec-2019 The Times Death penalty – Mohammed Ramadhan & Husein Moussa Help stop Christmas Day death sentences in Bahrain, Britain told
10-Dec-2019 EFE Alternative Sentencing Bahrain will release 80 imprisoned children after winning the Gulf Cup football
5-Dec-2019 University Herald University of Huddersfield University of Huddersfield Criticized By Human Rights Activists For Collaborating With Bahrain Government
5-Dec-2019 Examiner Live University of Huddersfield Human rights group slams Huddersfield University’s ‘refusal’ to stop work in Bahrain
3-Dec-2019 Bloody Elbow Mohammed Mirza & Hakeem AlAraibi Bahraini refugee athlete details Bahrain’s sportswashing of human rights abuses
21-Nov-2019 Metro Sayed Alwadaei – OpEd The hostile environment policy meant my daughter was born stateless and the government profited
20-Nov-2019 The Independent Moosa Mohammed Embassy Complaint Police investigating claim Bahrain Embassy staff tried to kill protester on roof
20-Nov-2019 AlJazeera Moosa Mohammed Embassy Complaint Bahraini dissident says embassy staff tried to kill him
19-Nov-2019 TRT World Moosa Mohammed Embassy Complaint Bahraini protester says embassy staff tried to kill him in London
19-Nov-2019 The Telegraph Moosa Mohammed Embassy Complaint Bahraini activist claims he was victim of attempted murder after London embassy staff ‘threatened him on roof’
19-Nov-2019 The Guardian Moosa Mohammed Embassy Complaint Bahraini dissident says he was victim of London murder attempt
19-Nov-2019 Channel 4 News Moosa Mohammed Embassy Complaint Human rights protester lodges criminal complaint against Bahrain Embassy
8-Nov-2019 The Independent Women Report UK policies embolden human rights violations in Bahrain amid abuse of female activists, MPs warn
31-Oct-2019 Ms Magazine Women Report Jailed Bahraini Women Speak Out 
30-Oct-2019 TRT World Women Report Bahrain once again comes under spotlight for rights abuses
30-Oct-2019 Morning Star Sandhurst Sandhurst commander flies to Bahrain for jolly with alumni
30-Oct-2019 AlJazeera Women Report Rights groups slam Bahrain over detention of female activists
27-Oct-2019 The Independent Najah Yusuf | F1 Formula One pledges to raise ‘rape and torture’ of jailed activist with Bahraini authorities but refuses to bin race
27-Oct-2019 The Independent Najah Yusuf | F1 Bahraini activist jailed after criticising Formula One ‘considered suicide’ after rape and abuse by authorities
24-Oct-2019 Ms Magazine Women Report The Bahraini Government is Attacking Female Activists—and Trump’s Policies are Emboldening Them
8-Oct-2019 Human Rights Watch Medical negligence Bahrain: Prisoners Denied Medical Care
3-Oct-2019 Middle East Eye Sayed Alwadaei Bahraini activist barred from Conservative conference on police advice
2-Oct-2019 RTE Ebtisam al-Saegh Bahraini human rights campaigner vows to continue fight for change
1-Oct-2019 Morning Star Alterntaive Sentencing British government spent thousands advising Bahrain’s dictatorship how to keep citizens under house arrest
20-Sep-2019 Morning Star Najah Yusuf Released political activist Najah Yusuf calls for Bahrain ‘to end its systematic abuse against its own citizens’
17-Sep-2019 Morning Star Nabeel Rajab Bahrain refuses to release human rights activist who criticised the Western-backed kingdom
16-Sep-2019 IFEX Nabeel Rajab Bahrain must suspend Nabeel Rajab’s sentence
12-Sep-2019 Morning Star Ali Al-Hajee Jau Prison Hunger striking political prisoner urges Britain to stop training Bahrain’s security forces
11-Sep-2019 Amnesty International Abdel-Jalil al-Singace Bahrain: Denial of medical care for seriously ill imprisoned activist ‘latest act of cruelty’
11-Sep-2019 Morning Star Ebtisam al-Saegh and Najah Yusuf Bahrain accuses of subjecting female political prisoners to sexual and psychological torture
14-Aug-2019 Morning Star UK-Bahraini Relations Outrage as Gulf dictator’s top soldier meets British General in London
10-Aug-2019 Al Jazeera Moosa Bahraini activist says he feared for his life at London embassy
10-Aug-2019 The Guardian Najah Yusuf Bahrain activist jailed after Grand Prix criticism is released
9-Aug-2019 The Canary Moosa A protester claims Bahraini embassy staff beat and threatened him on a London rooftop
8-Aug-2019 Middle East Eye Moosa Bahraini activist feared becoming a ‘second Khashoggi’ after fracas at London embassy
8-Aug-2019 BBC News Moosa Bahraini dissident ‘feared being thrown from embassy roof’
7-Aug-2019 Channel 4 News Moosa Police break down door of Bahrain Embassy in UK after roof protester ‘threatened’
7-Aug-2019 The Guardian Moosa Bahraini dissident feared being thrown off London embassy roof
29-Jul-2019 The Canary Moosa Videos show police advising embassy staff to ‘get back’ amid tense rooftop protest
29-Jul-2019 Washington Post Execution of AlArab & AlMalali Bahrain activists say 22-year-old man dies after protest
29-Jul-2019 Middle East Eye Execution of AlArab & AlMalali Fresh demonstrations after Bahraini activist dies following execution protest
29-Jul-2019 Democracy Now! Execution of AlArab & AlMalali Activists, Human Rights Groups Protest Bahrain’s Execution of 2 Men
29-Jul-2019 Reuters Execution of AlArab & AlMalali Renewed unrest grips Bahrain after authorities execute activists
29-Jul-2019 The Times Moosa Bahraini officials accused of beating protester who climbed on roof
28-Jul-2019 Morning Star Execution of AlArab & AlMalali British links to Bahrain under pressure after four deaths and embassy arrest
28-Jul-2019 AlBawaba Moosa Activist Climbs Bahrain Embassy in UK to Protest Latest Executions
27-Jul-2019 Deutsche Welle Execution of AlArab & AlMalali Bahrain executes Shiite activists on terrorism charges
27-Jul-2019 The Guardian Moosa Man climbs Bahrain embassy in London to protest against executions – video
27-Jul-2019 The Independent Moosa Police storm Bahrain embassy in London after man scales roof to protest executions
27-Jul-2019 The New York Times Execution of AlArab & AlMalali Bahrain Executes 3 Men, Including 2 Shiite Activists on ‘Terrorism Crimes’
27-Jul-2019 Euronews Execution of AlArab & AlMalali Bahrain executes three, including Shi’ite activists
26-Jul-2019 Morning Star Execution of AlArab & AlMalali Bahrain’s king urged not to execute tortured men
8-Jul-2019 Deutschlandfunk Bahrain-Merida „Ein grauenvolles Regime kriegt einen Freifahrtschein“
4-Jul-2019 Ekstra Bladet (Denmark) Bahrain-Merida Tre dage før Touren: Smid dem ud!
4-Jul-2019 Morning Star Bahrain-Merida Tour de France organisers urged not to ‘sportwash’ Bahrain’s crimes
4-Jul-2019 Frankfurter Allgemeine Bahrain-Merida Radrennstall Aus Bahrein: Die Lizenz für den Prinzen
3-Jul-2019 Cycling Weekly Bahrain-Merida Human rights campaigners call for Tour de France ban on Bahrain-Merida
3-Jul-2019 The Guardian Bahrain-Merida Bahrain-Merida cycling team being used to ‘sportswash’, campaigners say
1-Jul-2019 Al-Bawaba 92 citizenships reinstated Bahrain: No Stripping of Citizenship But Jail Term Rules
30-Jun-2019 France 24 92 citizenships reinstated Bahrain court overturns stripping of 92 Shiites’ citizenship: judicial source
19-Jun-2019 Ekklesia Hajer Mansoor MPs urge Jeremy Hunt to press Bahrain to end ‘punitive measures’ against female detainees
10-Jun-2019 PEN America Proposed law for Twitter dissidents Bahrain’s Threat to Crack Down on Social Media Users Would Violate Free Expression, Says PEN America
7-Jun-2019 Morning Star Ali Al-Hajee Tory leadership hopeful praises dictator as a political prisoner speaks out
30-May-2019 Amnesty International Ali Al-Arab, Ahmed Al-Malali Bahrain: Joint Letter Calling on The Kind to Commute the Death Sentences of Ali Al-Arab and Ahmed Al-Malali
30-May-2019 Human Rights Watch Ali Al-Arab, Ahmed Al-Malali Joint Letter to the King of Bahrain on the Death Penalty
15-May-2019 Human Rights Watch Ali Al-Arab, Ahmed Al-Malali Bahrain: Suspend Death Penalty
15-May-2019 Associated Press Abdullah Hashim Bahrain charges lawyer of sharing “fake news” for his Tweets
15-May-2019 Washington Post Abdullah Hashim Bahrain charges lawyer of sharing “fake news” for his Tweets
15-May-2019 ABC News Abdullah Hashim Bahrain charges lawyer of sharing “fake news” for his Tweets
10-May-2019 Left Foot Forward Royal Winsdor Horse Show Campaigners criticise Buckingham Palace for inviting dictator to join Queen at horse show
10-May-2019 Morning Star Royal Winsdor Horse Show Queen invites tyrant to posh horse show
10-May-2019 The Guardian Ali Mushaima – OpEd I’m fasting in protest outside Royal Windsor Horse Show to save my father in Bahrain
10-May-2019 The Guardian Royal Winsdor Horse Show Queen’s meeting with King of Bahrain prompts protests
7-May-2019 Morning Star Death penalty Campaigners call on international community to stop Bahrain from executing two tortured men
4-May-2019 The Sydney Morning Herald Hakeem Alaraibi Stuck between two kings: a possible explanation for Hakeem al-Araibi’s detention
1-May-2019 Morning Star Macron-Hamad Visit Macron urged to demand Bahraini king releases political prisoners during state visit
29-Apr-2019 Huddersfield Examiner Huddersfield University Huddersfield University criticised for working with Middle East regime
29-Apr-2019 Reuters Citizenship Major opposition figures not among those given back Bahraini citizenship
28-Apr-2019 The National Scottish MP scandal MP Carmichael under fire after staff accept hospitality and gifts from Qatar
24-Apr-2019 Voice of America Sayed Alwadaei UK-Based Bahraini Activist Faces Rising Pressure Amid Terror Charges
21-Apr-2019 Washington Post 551 citizenships reinstated World Digest: April 21, 2019
21-Apr-2019 Daily Mail 551 citizenships reinstated King restores citizenship of 551 Bahrainis
21-Apr-2019 Bloomberg 551 citizenships reinstated Bahrain King Reinstates Citizenship of 551 Amid Mass Trials
21-Apr-2019 Euronews 551 citizenships reinstated Bahrain king reinstates nationality to 551 citizens tried in courts
19-Apr-2019 The Guardian Sayed Alwadaei – OpEd Hundreds of Bahrainis like me are being made stateless – and the UK is complicit
17-Apr-2019 TRT World 139 citizenships revoked Why is Bahrain revoking nationality of its citizens?
16-Apr-2019 Morning Star UK troops train King’s bodyguard British troops train Bahraini Dictator’s bodyguards
16-Apr-2019 The Guardian 139 citizenships revoked Bahrain court sentences 139 to jail in mass terror trial
16-Apr-2019 BBC News 139 citizenships revoked Bahrain revokes citizenship of 138 people after mass trial
16-Apr-2019 Washington Post 139 citizenships revoked Bahrain revokes citizenships, sentences 69 to life in prison
16-Apr-2019 Middle East Eye 139 citizenships revoked Court strips 138 Bahrainis of citizenship in mass ‘terror’ trial
16-Apr-2019 Reuters 139 citizenships revoked Bahrain jails 139 on terrorism charges, revokes citizenship
13-Apr-2019 The Sydney Morning Herald Hakeem Alaraibi ‘I was crying inside’: Melbourne soccer player Hakeem al-Araibi on the bungle that landed him in a Thai jail
11-Apr-2019 The Guardian Sayed Alwadaei End Bahrain’s persecution of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei and his family
9-Apr-2019 Morning Star Hajer Mansoor British-Bahraini family protest at Embassy over relative’s imprisonment
9-Apr-2019 The Independent Sayed Alwadaei – OpEd For the third year in a row, my mother will celebrate her birthday from a prison cell in Bahrain
1-Apr-2019 BT Sport Najah Yusuf Human-rights campaigners ‘upset’ by Beckham’s visit to Bahrain GP
1-Apr-2019 The Independent Najah Yusuf Human rights campaigners ‘upset’ by David Beckham’s visit to Bahrain GP
1-Apr-2019 Evening Express (Aberdeen) Najah Yusuf Human-rights campaigners ‘upset’ by Beckham’s visit to Bahrain GP
29-Mar-2019 Frankfurter Allgemeine Najah Yusuf Kassieren und schweigen
29-Mar-2019 Morning Star Najah Yusuf Amnesty: Bahrain has a ‘more sinister side’
29-Mar-2019 The Guardian Najah Yusuf Human rights groups urge F1 to act over jailed Bahraini activist Najah Yusuf
29-Mar-2019 The Guardian Najah Yusuf Friday Briefing: May to MPs – let’s make half a deal
28-Mar-2019 Morning Star NajahYusuf Formula 1 boss urged to visit tortured human rights defender in a Bahraini prison
28-Mar-2019 The Scotsman Najah Yusuf Five British drivers chosen for the inaugural women-only race series
28-Mar-2019 The Irish Times Najah Yusuf Calls for F1 to investigate abuse of Bahrain protestors
28-Mar-2019 Yahoo Sport Najah Yusuf Amnesty raises concerns before Bahrain F1
27-Mar-2019 Goal Hakeem Alaraibi I genuinely believed Hakeem was going to die – Craig Foster reflects on mission to save refugee
27-Mar-2019 The Irish Times Najah Yusuf Bahrain F1 is an ‘annual reminder’ of tyranny and repression
27-Mar-2019 Middle East Eye Najah Yusuf Bahrain Grand Prix: Activists warn of campaign targeting drivers and sponsors
27-Mar-2019 Eurosport Najah Yusuf Motor racing-Rights groups urge F1 and FIA to take a stance in Bahrain
27-Mar-2019 Thomson Reuters Najah Yusuf Rights groups urge F1 and FIA to take a stance in Bahrain
27-Mar-2019 Daily Mail Najah Yusuf World champion Lewis Hamilton and F1 chiefs urged to help jailed Bahraini activist Najah Yusuf
27-Mar-2019 Human Rights Watch Najah Yusuf Joint Letter to the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile
27-Mar-2019 The Guardian Najah Yusuf – OpEd Every moment I spend in prison in Bahrain stains the reputation of F1
16-Mar-2019 Daily Mail Mariam Albardoli
14-Mar-2019 BBC Sport Najah Yusuf Formula 1 committed to investigating Bahrain activist’s case, say bosses
14-Mar-2019 Middle East Monitor 167 person mass trial Bahrain sentences 167 people to prison in crackdown on dissent
14-Mar-2019 Middle East Eye Ibrahim Sharif Bahrain opposition figure sentenced for tweet insulting Sudan’s Bashir
14-Mar-2019 Daily Nation (Kenya) Ibrahim Sharif Bahrain’s Ibrahim Sharif jailed for insulting Sudan’s Bashir
13-Mar-2019 City News 1130 (Vancouver) Ibrahim Sharif Bahrain opposition figure gets 6 months for Sudan tweet
13-Mar-2019 Morning Star Najah Yusuf F1 ‘committed’ to investigating imprisonment of Bahrain’s Najah Yusuf
13-Mar-2019 RTÉ Najah Yusuf F1 to investigate imprisonment of Bahrani detainee
12-Mar-2019 NPR Hakeem Alaraibi Refugee Soccer Player Hakeem al-Araibi Granted Australian Citizenship
8-Mar-2019 IFEX Najah Yusuf Formula One criticized for shirking responsibility over imprisonment of Bahraini activist Najah Yusuf
7-Mar-2019 Al Jazeera Najah Yusuf Video report on Najah’s case
6-Mar-2019 AFP Najah Yusuf F1 faces pressure over rights ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix
6-Mar-2019 Morning Star Najah Yusuf Formula one ‘complicit’ in Bahrain’s human rights abuses
6-Mar-2019 Thomson Reuters Najah Yusuf Rights groups criticise Formula One over Bahrain Stance
6-Mar-2019 France 24 Najah Yusuf F1 faces pressure over rights ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix
6-Mar-2019 Sky Sports Najah Yusuf TV Report On Najah’s Case
6-Mar-2019 Sky Sports Najah Yusuf Formula One bosses criticised over Bahrain protester
6-Mar-2019 Middle East Eye Najah Yusuf Female activist who criticised Formula One in Bahrain faces torture in prison
1-Mar-2019 Middle East Eye Najah Yusuf Hakeem al-Araibi calls for Bahrain Grand Prix to be axed if activist not freed
27-Mar-2019 The Guardian Hakeem Alaraibi – OpEd Hakeem al-Araibi: thank you Australia for bringing me home – but my fight is not over
26-Feb-2019 New York Times Hakeem Alaraibi Running From Bahrain’s Dark Side
25-Feb-2019 L’Orient Le Jour Sayed’s Family Bahreïn : prison confirmée pour des membres de la famille d’un opposant
25-Feb-2019 Middle East Monitor Sayed’s Family Bahrain upholds jail sentence against relatives of prominent UK-based activist
25-Feb-2019 Malay Mail Sayed’s Family Bahrain top court upholds jail sentence against three relatives of prominent activist
25-Feb-2019 SBS News Sayed’s Family The family of a Bahraini activist will remain in jail after their sentences were upheld
25-Feb-2019 Thomson Reuters Sayed’s Family Bahrain top court upholds jail sentence against 3 relatives of prominent activist
25-Feb-2019 Thomson Reuters Sayed’s Family Bahrain court upholds jail sentence against relatives of prominent activist
25-Feb-2019 Middle East Monitor Sayed’s Family Bahrain upholds jail sentence against relatives of prominent UK-based activist
25-Feb-2019 The New Arab Sayed’s Family Bahrain activist’s family lose appeal after ‘political reprisal’ jailing
24-Feb-2019 The National Revocation of Citizenship The fallout and ‘dangerous precedent’ from the Shamima Begum case
23-Feb-2019 Radio France Internationale Freedom of Expression Freedom of expression in Bahrain
12-Feb-2019 The Telegraph Hakeem Alaraibi Refugee footballer makes triumphant return to Australia
12-Feb-2019 The Telegraph Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem Al-Araibi arrives in Australia to hero’s welcome after former Bahrain international is freed from Thai prison
12-Feb-2019 The Guardian Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem al-Araibi arrives in Australia to hero’s welcome
12-Feb-2019 ABC Radio Hakeem Alaraibi International solidarity contributed to al-Araibi’s victory against injustice: Sayed AlWadaei
11-Feb-2019 The Guardian Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem al-Araibi on flight to Australia after release in Thailand
11-Feb-2019 Al-Jazeera Hakeem Alaraibi Thailand to free Bahraini refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi
11-Feb-2019 Sky Sports Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem Al-Araibi to be released by Thailand court
11-Feb-2019 Associated Press Hakeem Alaraibi Thai court orders release of refugee soccer player wanted by Bahrain
11-Feb-2019 Australian Associated Press Hakeem Alaraibi Al-Araibi released from Thailand jail
11-Feb-2019 The Independent Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem AlAraibi: Thailand frees professional footballer threatened with deportation to Bahrain
11-Feb-2019 Guardian Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem al-Araibi: Thailand to free Bahraini footballer
11-Feb-2019 The Sydney Morning Herald Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem al-Araibi to return to Australia after extradition to Bahrain dropped
11-Feb-2019 BBC News Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem al-Araibi: Thailand frees refugee footballer
5-Feb-2019 The Australian Hakeem Alaraibi 60 days to fight extradition as detained footballer Hakeem al-Araibi faces Thai court
5-Feb-2019 News Australia Hakeem Alaraibi Footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi appears in Thai court pleads against extradition
5-Feb-2019 BBC Sport Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem al-Araibi: FFA pledges money in bid for footballer’s return
4-Feb-2019 BBC News Hakeem Alaraibi Bahraini footballer pleads in court against deportation
4-Feb-2019 The Weekly Times Hakeem Alaraibi Footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi appears in Thai court pleads against extradition
3-Feb-2019 Daily Mail Hakeem Alaraibi How al-Araibi became a political football
3-Feb-2019 Bendigo Advertiser Hakeem Alaraibi How al-Araibi became a political football
3-Feb-2019 BBC News Hakeem Alaraibi Bahraini footballer pleads in court against deportation
29-Jan-2019 Asia News Hakeem Alaraibi Manama vuole l’estradizione del calciatore Hakeem al-Araibi
29-Jan-2019 Middle East Eye Hakeem Alaraibi Bahrain moves closer to extradition of Hakeem al-Araibi from Thailand
29-Jan-2019 BBC Sport Hakeem Alaraibi Hakeem al-Araibi campaigners say Bahraini footballer’s case is urgent
28-Jan-2019 Le Point Sheikh Ali Salman Bahreïn: la condamnation à vie du chef de l’opposition chiite confirmée
28-Jan-2019 Reuters Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain upholds life sentence against opposition leaders
28-Jan-2019 CNA Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain upholds life sentence against opposition leaders
28-Jan-2019 Al-Jazeera Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain’s Supreme Court upholds Ali Salman’s life sentence
28-Jan-2019 AFP Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain’s Shia opposition leader loses appeal against life sentence
24-Jan-2019 The Guardian Hakeem Alaraibi Fifa urges Thailand to release Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi
18-Jan-2019 The Irish Times Sayed’s Family and Hakeem Al Araibi Concern over rights abuses in Bahrain
12-Jan-2019 RFI English Nabeel Rajab Despite crackdown Bahrain’s activists persist
11-Jan-2019 The Guardian Sayed’s Family Bahrain detained activist’s family over UK protest, UN rules
11-Jan-2019 The Times Sayed’s Family UN rebukes Bahrain over jailing of activist’s family
10-Jan-2019 Al Jazeera Sayed’s Family UN watchdog slams detention of Bahraini activist’s family
10-Jan-2019 Associated Press Sayed’s Family UN group says Bahrain arbitrarily detained activist’s family
9-Jan-2019 Reuters Sayed’s Family U.N. watchdog seeks release of three relatives of Bahraini activist
9-Jan-2019 Devdiscourse Sayed’s Family UN rights group calls immediate release of activist kin held in Bahrain

 

2018
Date Publication Category Title
31-Dec-2018 Dawn/AFP Nabeel Rajab Bahrain top activist loses final appeal against jail term
31-Dec-2018 Ifex Nabeel Rajab IFEX condemns Bahrain’s decision to uphold Nabeel Rajab’s 5-year prison sentence
31-Dec-2018 Journal du Cameroun/AFP Nabeel Rajab Gulf, Egypt jail activists amid social media crackdown

 
31-Dec-2018 The Washington Post Nabeel Rajab UAE and Bahrain uphold stiff prison sentences for human rights activists
31-Dec-2018 The News Tribune Nabeel Rajab Bahrain court upholds conviction against prominent activist
31-Dec-2018 The Straits Times / AFP Nabeel Rajab Bahrain’s top activist loses final appeal against jail term
31-Dec-2018 France24/AFP Nabeel Rajab Bahrain court upholds five-year jail term for prominent activist Nabeel Rajab
31-Dec-2018 Reuters Nabeel Rajab Bahrain top court upholds sentence against activist Rajab -lawyer
31-Dec-2018 Al-Jazeera Nabeel Rajab Bahrain’s Nabeel Rajab loses final appeal in ‘insult’ case
15-Dec-2018 The Guardian Hakeem AlAraibi UN urged to seek Australia-based Hakeem al-Araibi’s freedom from Thai jail
12-Dec-2018 NPR Hakeem AlAraibi Former Bahraini Pro Awaits His Fate in Thai Prison
6-Dec-2018 The Guardian Hakeem AlAraibi Bahrain requested arrest of refugee ‘before he arrived in Thailand’
4-Dec-2018 The Guardian Royal Windsor Horse Show Royal Windsor Horse Show condemned for Bahraini sponsorship
4-Dec-2018 DailyMail/Associated Press Hakeem AlAraibi Australian refugee soccer player is arrested in Thailand over outstanding vandalism charges – and now faces ten years behind bars in his home country
3-Dec-2018 The Guardian Hakeem AlAraibi Australian refugee football player’s future in balance despite lifting of Interpol red notice
30-Nov-2018 Reuters Hakeem AlAraibi Activists seek release of refugee Bahraini footballer held in Thailand
30-Nov-2018 DailyMail/Associated Press Hakeem AlAraibi Australia raises detained refugee case with Thai officials
29-Nov-2018 The Nation/AFP Hakeem AlAraibi Refugee footballer from Bahrain held at Bangkok airport
29-Nov-2018 The Guardian Hakeem AlAraibi Australian refugee football player faces deportation after arrest in Thailand
29-Nov-2018 The Australian Hakeem AlAraibi Refugee football player held in Thailand
29-Nov-2018 The Seattle Times/ Associated Press Refugee Refoulement Refugee soccer player sought by Bahrain detained in Thailand
22-Nov-2018 The Washington Post Opinion Piece After Khashoggi’s murder, it’s time for the world to stop ignoring Bahrain’s abuses
21-Nov-2018 Mondaq Najah Yusuf and F1 Canada: Business And Human Rights – UK NCP (Partially) Accepts Complaint In Relation To The Royal Windsor Horse Show
15-Nov-2018 The Lawyer Royal Windsor Horse Show UK NCP issues initial assessment of a complaint related to Royal Windsor Horse Show
15-Nov-2018 GP Fans Najah Yusuf and F1 F1 ‘concerned’ by alleged treatment of Bahrain GP protester
14-Nov-2018 Middle East Eye AlAsheeri Bahrain detains man for tweeting about boycotting upcoming elections
14-Nov-2018 The Guardian Najah Yusuf and F1 F1 finally admits concern over woman jailed for Bahrain Grand Prix protests
13-Nov-2018 EuroNews AlAsheeri Bahraini national arrested for tweeting about election boycott
13-Nov-2018 DailyMail/AFP AlAsheeri Bahraini charged over tweet on upcoming elections
13-Nov-2018 StarTribune/Associated Press AlAsheeri Bahrain arrests man for tweets critical of upcoming election
12-Nov-2018 Daily Mail/AFP Death Sentence Bahrain sentences four to death for killing policeman
9-Nov-2018 The Guardian Elections Bahrain election condemned after opposition ban
6-Nov-2018 Voa News Citizenship Revocation Activists: Bahrain Continues to Revoke Citizenship of Dissidents
5-Nov-2018 Dawn/AFP Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain’s opposition chief gets life in jail over Qatar spy case
4-Nov-2018 Deutsche Welle Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain opposition leader gets life sentence in Qatar spy case
4-Nov-2018 Business Day Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain opposition chief gets life in jail over Qatar spy case
4-Nov-2018 Financial Times Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain opposition leader sentenced to life in prison
27-Oct-2018 Financial Times Khashoggi Case Khashoggi killing spreads fear among Arab dissidents
25-Oct-2018 Metro Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa Death Row Inmates get Last-Minute Reprieve ‘Because of Prison Torture Linked to UK’
18-Oct-2018 Ifex Letter to UN High Commissioner Conditions in Isa Town prison for women highlighted in NGO letter to UN High Commissioner
11-Oct-2018 Mirror Khashoggi Case Campaigners slam Natural History Museum for hosting Saudi Arabian regime for reception
11-Oct-2018 Museum Journals Khashoggi Case Natural History Museum Defends Position on Saudi Embassy Event
11-Oct-2018 Washington Post Khashoggi Case Turkey agrees to Saudi request to jointly investigate Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance
11-Oct-2018 The Guardian Khashoggi Case Natural History Museum defends hosting Saudi embassy event
4-Oct-2018 Financial Times Elections Shia Majority Complains of Exclusion from Political Process (In Print)
3-Oct-2018 Pen Transmissions Formula One
28-Sept-2018 Daily Mail Sayed’s family
28-Sept-2018 The Times Sayed’s family Bahrain ‘tortured woman’ to avenge human rights leaks
20-Sep-2018 Ifex Saudi Arabia and Free Expression Saudi Arabia must implement UPR recommendations protecting free expression
10-Sep-2018 PoliticsHome UK’s complicity Andy Slaughter: The UK’s reputation as a defender of human rights is under scrutiny. Parliament deserves answers
6-Sep-2018 Ifex Targeting Activists’ Relatives Activists’ relatives targeted, Bahrain advocacy, Israel arrests Palestinian journalists
30-Aug-2018 Middle East Eye Ali Mushaima Bahraini activist is in hospital after month-long hunger strike
29-Aug-2018 Ifex Nabeel Rajab Call for end to Nabeel Rajab’s “arbitrary and discriminatory detention”
8-Aug-2018 Yahoo News Ali Mushaima Protest Police Respond as Activists Project Protest Images on Bahraini Embassy in London
28-Jul-2018 BuzzFeed News Revocation of Citizenship The Baby Was Born Stateless Because of “Avoidable” Home Office Delays
27-Ju-2018 Vice News UK Police Training of Bahraini Police Police in Dictatorships Are Still Getting British Training
27-Ju-2018 Human Rights Watch Revocation of Citizenship Bahrain: Hundreds Stripped of Ciizenship
9-Jul-2018 Reuters Bahrain – Sheikh Isa Qassim Bahrain’s top Shi’ite cleric allowed to seek treatment abroad
9-Jul-2018 BBC Arabic Bahrain – Sheikh Isa Qassim البحرين تسمح لرجل الدين الشيعي عيسى قاسم بالسفر إلى لندن للعلاج من فتق
4-Jul-2018 Vice UK Bahrain – UK UK Spooks Involved in Controversial Police Training Scheme for Dictatorship
3-Jul-2018 Brookings Institute GCC Human Rights GCC News Roundup: Saudi Arabia’s driving ban ends, Yemen’s warring parties agree to resume negotiations (June 1 – June 30)
21-Jun-2018 Reuters Arabic Bahrain – Sheikh Ali Salman محكمة بحرينية تبرئ زعماء بالمعارضة من تهمة التجسس
21-Jun-2018 INDEX Bahrain – Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain court acquits leading opposition leader
21-Jun-2018 AFP Bahrain – Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain opposition head acquitted in Qatar spy case
21-Jun-2018 Reuters Bahrain – Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain court acquits opposition leaders in spying case
21-Jun-2018 Associated Press Bahrain – Sheikh Ali Salman Imprisoned Bahrain opposition leader acquitted in spy case
19-Jun-2018 Associated Press Bahrain – Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain’s opposition slams case against leading figure
31-May-2018 IFEX UAE – Ahmed Mansoor NGOs to Mayor Andy Burnham: Join our call to free Ahmed Mansoor
31-May-2018 Brookings Institute GCC Human Rights GCC News Roundup: Bahrain’s FM doesn’t see end to GCC crisis, Saudi Arabia arrests women’s rights activists (May 1 – May 31)
24-May-2018 Human Rights Watch Bahrain – US US: Reject Planned Arms Sales to Bahrain
22-May-2018 The Intercept Bahrain – US Donald Trump’s Words Are a Green Light to Dictators and Torturers Around the World
21-May-2018 Associated Press Bahrain – Citizenship Revocation Bahrain strips 9 of citizenship amid wide crackdown
17-May-2018 The Guardian Bahrain – UK British government accused of funding human rights abuses in Bahrain
15-May-2018 Aljazeera Arabic Bahrain – Citizenship Revocation بجرة قلم.. مئات البحرينيين “إرهابيون” وبلا جنسية
15-May-2018 Reuters Arabic Bahrain – Citizenship Revocation محكمة في البحرين تسقط الجنسية عن 115 شخصا في اتهامات بالإرهاب
15-May-2018 AFP Bahrain – Citizenship Revocation Bahrain strips 115 of nationality over ‘terrorism’
15-May-2018 Associated Press Bahrain – Citizenship Revocation Bahrain revokes citizenship of 115 people in mass trial
15-May-2018 Reuters Bahrain – Citizenship Revocation Bahrain court revokes citizenship of 115 people on terrorism charges
2-May-2018 Private Eye Bahrain – UK Gulf lessons
2-May-2018 The Canary Bahrain – RWHS Pressure mounts to stop the Queen cosying up with human rights abusers
30-Apr-2018 Middle East Eye Bahrain – RWHS Land Rover and Rolex caught in Bahrain rights row over Windsor horse show
30-Apr-2018 Toronto Star Canada – Arms Sales Canada’s dual role in Yemen: Arms exports to Saudi coalition dwarf aid sent to war-torn country
29-Apr-2018 Sunday Telegraph Bahrain – RWHS JLR caught in horse show’s human rights row
25-Apr-2018 Reprieve Bahrain – Death Penalty Bahraini Court Upholds Military Tribunal Death Sentences
11-Apr-2018 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Death Penalty Middle East tops death penalty list with ‘gruesome tally’ of executions
6-Apr-2018 Vice UK Bahrain – Najah Ahmed Yousif Britain Trained a Bahraini Police Chief Who Presided Over Abuse of Political Dissidents
5-Apr-2018 IFEX Bahrain – Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja NGOs call for release of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on 7th anniversary of his arrest
4-Apr-2018 Aljazeera Bahrain – Civil Society Danish MP and Irish activist denied entry to Bahrain
30-Mar-2018 Human Rights Watch Bahrain – Civil Society Bahrain: Official Threatens Online Crackdown
27-Mar-2018 New Internationalist Bahrain – UK Revealed: Princess Diana visit linked to Bahrain crackdown
25-Mar-2018 Aljazeera Bahrain – Civil Society Bahrain threatens to target critical social media users
25-Mar-2018 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Civil Society Bahrain pledges tough crackdown on seditious social media accounts
24-Mar-2018 Reuters Bahrain – Alwadaei Exiled rights activist accuses Bahrain of persecuting kin
22-Mar-2018 The Guardian Bahrain – Op-ed My wife has been sentenced to jail in Bahrain. She lives in the UK
27-Feb-2018 Middle East Eye Saudi – UK (MBS) Saudi crown prince to face protests on 7 March visit to Britain
21-Feb-2018 Financial Times Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain jails human rights activist over critical tweets
21-Feb-2018 The Guardian Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab US ‘seriously concerned’ over jailing of Bahraini activist
21-Feb-2018 Le Figaro (AFP) Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahreïn: l’opposant Nabil Rajab condamné à 5 ans de prison pour des tweets
21-Feb-2018 Le Monde Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab L’opposant bahreïni Nabil Rajab condamné à cinq ans de prison
21-Feb-2018 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain rights activist sentenced to five years for tweets
21-Feb-2018 Reuters Bahrain- Nabeel Rajab Bahrain rights activist jailed for five years for ‘insulting’ tweets
7-Feb-2018 International Business Times Saudi – UK (MBS) Protests planned as Saudi crown prince invited to visit UK on International Women’s Day
2-Feb-2018 Reuters Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahraini exile campaigns against crackdown in Gulf island state
31-Jan-2018 Al-Jazeera Bahrain – Death Sentences Two sentenced to death in Bahrain’s mass trial
18-Jan-2018 Human Rights Watch Bahrain – HRD Bahrain: Government Stifles Dissent
16-Jan-2018 Al-Jazeera Saudi – UK (MBS) Rights groups to UK: Cancel Mohammed bin Salman’s visit
16-Jan-2018 Al-Jazeera Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain ruling on Nabeel Rajab jail term condemned
15-Jan-2018 Reuters Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain court upholds jail sentence against rights activist Rajab
2017
Date Publication Category Title
23-Dec-2017 Middle East Eye Gulf – UK Gulf leaders buy caviar, Rolexes and other gifts for UK ministers
11-Dec-2017 Washington Post Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Letter from prison: Trump’s pandering to Bahrain has deadly consequences
8-Dec-2017 Reuters Bahrain – Sheikh Isa Qassim Bahrain’s Shi’ite spiritual leader undergoes surgery, activists say
28-Nov-2017 International Business Times Saudi – Arms Sales Conservative MPs have accepted £130,000 in gifts from Saudi government since start of Yemen war
27-Nov-2017 Reuters Bahrain – Sheikh Isa Qassim Bahrain’s top Shi’ite cleric’s health deteriorates: activists
27-Nov-2017 New York Times Bahrain – Sheikh Isa Qassim Health of Bahrain’s Top Shiite Cleric Worsens
16-Nov-2017 BuzzFeed Bahrain – Embassy Boris Johnson Has Been Warned An Embassy In London Has Been “Colluding” In Reprisals Against Human Rights Protesters
10-Nov-2017 International Business Times Bahrain – Elyas Al-Mulla My terminally ill son is being tortured in a Bahraini prison, yet the UK government remains silent
1-Nov-2017 Aljazeera Bahrain – Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain charges opposition leader with ‘spying’
1-Nov-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain opposition leader charged of conspiring with Qatar
31-Oct-2017 The Times Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain jails relatives of activist who fled to the UK
31-Oct-2017 International Business Times Bahrain – Alwadaei My family ended up in prison because I fought for human rights in Bahrain – but the UK panders to its royals
30-Oct-2017 The Telegraph Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain jails Britain-based activist’s family members
30-Oct-2017 Amnesty International Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain: Relatives of UK-based human rights activist sentenced to three years in prison
30-Oct-2017 BBC News Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain court jails UK-based activist’s relatives
30-Oct-2017 Human Rights Watch Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain: Activists’ Kin Convicted in Flawed Trial
30-Oct-2017 Reuters Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain convicts activist’s family members, militant suspects
30-Oct-2017 INDEX Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain: UK-based rights activist’s family sentenced to three years in reprisal case
29-Oct-2017 AFP Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain women detainees end hunger strike: rights group
27-Oct-2017 Reuters Bahrain – AlWadaei Rights groups urge UK to request Bahrain free activist’s relatives
27-Oct-2017 AFP Bahrain – Isa Town Prison Five Bahraini women detainees on hunger strike: rights group
26-Oct-2017 Human Rights Watch Bahrain – Sayed Alawi Bahrain: ‘Disappeared’ Engineer Faces Military Trial
24-Oct-2017 The Guardian Bahrain – Op-ed My daughter will be born stateless – in the UK
24-Oct-2017 Huffington Post Saudi Arabia – Awamiyah When Saudi Arabia’s Shia citizens are dying from gunshot wounds, the UN must ask questions
24-Oct-2017 International Business Times Saudi Arabia – Awamiyah Saudi Arabia kills Shia Muslims – but the US turns a blind eye to win arms deals
23-Oct-2017 The New Arab Bahrain – Ebtesam Al-Saegh Bahrain temporarily frees female activist detained on ‘terrorism’ charges
23-Oct-2017 AFP Bahrain – Ebtesam Al-Saegh Bahrain temporarily frees female activists: rights groups
22-Oct-2017 Assoicated Press Bahrain – Ebtesam Al-Saegh Bahrain Female Activist, 2 Others Freed From Detention
16-Oct-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Arms Trade; Bahrain – UK Bahrain’s first major arms fair, brought to you by British organisers
6-Oct-2017 New Internationalist Saudi Arabia – al-Nimr Family Saudi persecution of the al-Nimr family continues
4-Oct-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – UK Queen accused of horse trading with Bahrain on human rights
4-Oct-2017 Bahrain Mirror Bahrain – Ebtesam al-Saegh Female detainees declare strike after prison authorities impose new barrier during family visits
29-Sep-2017 Middle East Eye Saudi Arabia – Yemen UN agrees to send war crimes investigators to Yemen in compromise deal
29-Sep-2017 The Guardian Saudi Arabia – Yemen Independent investigation will look into human rights abuses in Yemen
28-Sep-2017 International Business Times Saudi Arabia – Yemen UK to block UN probe into Yemen war after Saudi Arabia threatens to cut trade ties
27-Sep-2017 OpenDemocracy Saudi Arabia – Awamiyah, Sajaad Turning weapons on a toddler
26-Sep-2017 Middle East Monitor Saudi Arabia – Yemen British officials harbour doubts about Saudi-led investigations into alleged war crimes in Yemen
20-Sep-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Torture No torture in Bahraini prisons’ claims UK-backed rights group
11-Sep-2017 Index on Censorship Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain: Human rights activist’s trial postponed to 27 September
7-Sep-2017 Amnesty International Bahrain – Civil Society – UK role UK is ‘lending cover’ to Bahrain as it pursues human rights crackdown – new report
7-Sep-2017 Amnesty International Bahrain – Civil Society Bahrain: ‘No one can protect you’: Bahrain’s year of crushing dissent
7-Sep-2017 The Canary Bahrain – UK Amnesty slams this UK ally in a damning new report. But Britain will sell it weapons anyway.
6-Sep-2017 The Guardian Bahrain – Op-ed Bahrain is buying arms in London – and my family is paying the price
5-Sep-2017 UN HCHR Bahrain – AlWadaei Internal Communication
5-Sep-2017 Bahrain Mirror Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Int’l Organizations Call to Stand in Solidarity with Nabeel Rajab in front of Bahraini Embassy in London
31-Aug-2017 International Business Times Saudi – Awamiya – Mercedes Mercedes-Benz under fire for supplying Saudi military with armoured vehicle in Awamiyah siege
30-Aug-2017 Die Zeit Saudi – Awamiya – Mercedes Das Auto als Waffe
28-Aug-2017 iNews Bahrain – UK Revealed: Britain sells ex-RAF aircraft to Bahrain and other human rights abusers
17-Aug-2017 Index on Censorship Bahrain – Human Rights Defenders Bahrain: “They want you to be broken and this is why we keep going”
15-Aug-2017 New Zealand Herald Saudi – Awamiya – Sajaad Boy, 3, dies after Saudi security forces ‘open fire on his family’ in a besieged Shia neighbourhood
11-Aug-2017 Daily Mail Saudi – Awamiya – Sajaad Three-year-old boy dies after Saudi security forces ‘open fire on his family’ in a besieged Shia neighbourhood
10-Aug-2017 International Business Times Saudi – Awamiya – Sajaad Awamiyah: Three-year-old boy dies from wounds after Saudi security forces ‘open fire on family’
10-Aug-2017 Borgen Magazine Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Prison for Defender of Human Rights in Bahrain
10-Aug-2017 Independent Saudi – Awamiya – Sajaad Toddler dies in ‘harrowing pain’ after he was shot by security forces in Saudi Arabia during Ramadan
9-Aug-2017 Middle East Eye Saudi – Awamiya – Sajaad Three-year-old boy dies amid siege of Saudi Shia town
8-Aug-2017 Index on Censorship Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahraini court postpones decision in case against Nabeel Rajab
7-Aug-2017 Pen International Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain: FCO silence on Nabeel Rajab “appalling”, ahead of his 7th August trial
7-Aug-2017 Bahrain Mirror Bahrain – Yousef Al-Jamri BIRD: National Security Agency Tortures Citizens, Yousef Al-Jamri his Recent Victim
7-Aug-2017 Bahrain Mirror Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab British MEPs and HR Groups Send Letter to FCO: Silence on Rajab’s Case “Appalling”
7-Aug-2017 Reporters Without Borders Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain: FCO Silence on Nabeel Rajab “Appalling”, Say 17 Rights Groups and MPs Ahead of His Trial
6-Aug-2017 FIDH Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain: FCO Silence on Nabeel Rajab “Appalling”, Say 17 Rights Groups and MPs Ahead of His Trial Tomorrow
19-Jul-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Torture; Bahrain – UK Fresh fears over extent of UK links to Bahrain ‘torture prisons’
19-Jul-2017 AP News Bahrain – Ebtesam al-Saegh Rights group: Bahraini activist charged under terrorism law
17-Jul-2017 The Guardian Bahrain – Sport How Bahrain uses sport to whitewash a legacy of torture and human rights abuses
14-Jul-2017 Al Jazeera Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab UN calls for release of Bahraini rights campaigner
11-Jul-2017 Al Jazeera Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Nabeel Rajab sentenced to two years in jail
11-Jul-2017 The Wire Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahraini Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab Sentenced to Two Years in Jail
10-Jul-2017 European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab sentencd to 2 years in absentia as unfair trial concludes
10-Jul-2017 AFP/Daily Mail Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Top Bahrain activist sentenced to 2 years in jail
10-Jul-2017 BBC News Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Bahrain: Activist Nabeel Rajab jailed for ‘fake news’
8-Jul-2017 The Washington Post Bahrain – US Bahrain is stripping dissidents of their citizenship, and the US is silent
15-Jun-2017 The Wire Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Defence Lawyers Walk out of Bahraini Activist’s High-Profile Trial
5-Jul-2017 International Business Times Bahrain – Ebtesam al-Saegh Bahrain’s Crackdown On Human Rights: Groups Urge for Activist Ebtisam al-Saegh’s Release
27-Jun-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – UK UK minister accepted more than £45,000 for Middle East trips
25-Jun-2017 Al Jazeera Bahrain – al-Wasat Al-Wasat: Newspaper shut down by Bahrain fires staff
15-Jun-2017 Bahrain Mirror/Reuters Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Reuters: Defense Lawyers Walk out of Top Bahraini Activist Trial
14-Jun-2017 Reuters Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Defence lawyers walk out of top Bahraini activist trial
13-Jun-2017 Vice Bahrain – UK VICE Exclusive: DUP Leader Met a Gulf Police Chief in a Cocktail Bar
12-Jun-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – AlWadaei Amnesty condemns Bahraini intimidation of UK-based activist
5-Jun-2017 Daily Mail Bahrain – Sport; Saudi – Sport Six nations cut diplomatic ties with Qatar over claims it’s backing ISIS and al-Qaeda as fears mount for 2022 World Cup being held in the country
4-Jun-2017 Daily Mail Bahrain – al-Wasat Bahrain bans newspaper for ‘sowing division’
3-Jun-2017 The Independent Bahrain – Civil Society The Middle Eastern kingdom of Bahrain is quietly heading towards a ‘total suppression of human rights’
31-May-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Wa’ad Bahrain heading for ‘total suppression’ with secular group ban
31-May-2017 Reuters Bahrain – Wa’ad Bahrain outlaws main secular opposition group
24-May-2017 BBC News Bahrain – Diraz Killings Bahrain unrest: Death toll from raid on cleric’s home rises to five
23-May-2017 La Croix Bahrain – Civil Society Tirs sur des manifestants à Bahreïn: un mort et des dizaines de blessés
16-May-2017 Reuters Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Top Bahrain activist denied bail: rights group
13-May-2017 Belfast Telegraph Bahrain – UK Three detained in Bahrain over Windsor Horse Show protests
11 May Middle East Eye Bahrain – UK UK rights group urges queen to tackle Bahrain king on repression
9-May-2017 The Guardian Bahrain – UK UK aid paid for military band to play at Queen’s birthday event in ‘toxic’ Bahrain
28-Apr-2017 Bahrain Mirror Bahrain – Civil Society ADHRB Calls on Bahrain to End Widespread Reprisals against Activists Ahead of UPR
15-Apr-2017 The Guardian Bahrain – F1 (Op-ed) If F1 can’t help protect ordinary Bahrainis, stop the grand prix
14-Apr-2017 The Ferret Bahrain – F1 Bahrain Grand Prix should be cancelled, say human rights groups
10-Apr-2017 Buisness Insider Bahrain – F1 Campaigners want Formula One to cancel the Bahrain Grand Prix this week — here’s why
8-Apr-2017 Bahrainalyoum Bahrain – F1 OpenDemocracy: Formula 1 will land in Bahrain next week. Do we forget the country’s human rights abuses? (Arabic)
7-Apr-2017 OpenDemocracy Bahrain – F1 Formula 1 will land in Bahrain next week. Do we forget the country’s human rights abuses?
7-Apr-2017 Arabian Business Bahrain – F1 Human rights groups call for Bahrain F1 race to be cancelled
6-Apr-2017 Irish Times Bahrain – F1 Bahrain rights groups call for F1 race to be cancelled
6-Apr-2017 Reuters Bahrain – F1 Bahrain rights groups call for F1 race to be canceled
6-Apr-2017 Daily Mail Bahrain – F1 Human rights campaigners call on F1 to cancel Bahrain Grand Prix and claim race is attempt to ‘whitewash’ abuses
31-Mar-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Musicians Tom Jones and UB40 to perform in Bahrain despite crackdown
31-Mar-2017 International Buisness Times Saudi – General Asiri Saudi general gives crowd the middle finger after dodging citizen’s arrest by London peace activist
30-Mar-2017 Newsweek Bahrain – US Arms Deal TILLERSON LIFTS HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONS FOR LUCRATIVE ARMS SALE TO BAHRAIN
28-Mar-2017 CommonSpace Bahrain – Mustafa Hamdan Foreign Office silent over alleged UK training of Bahraini forces’ shooting of teenager
25-Mar-2017 LaVanguardia Bahrain – Mustafa Hamdan Clashes between police and attendants at a funeral in Bahrain (Spanish)
24-Mar-2017 Daily Mail Bahrain – Mustafa Hamdan Bahraini, 18, dies after attack on cleric’s home: Amnesty
22-Mar-2017 Huffington Post Bahrain – Alwadaei Bahrain Regime Targets Families of Dissidents in Fresh Reprisals
22-Mar-2017 Committee to Protect Journalists Bahrain – Mohammed al-Shaikh Former AFP photographer arrested in Bahrain airport
22-Mar-2017 Huffington Post Bahrain – Alwadaei & Ebtesam al-Saegh Bahrain Regime Targets Families of Dissidents in Fresh Reprisals
21-Mar-2017 New York Times Bahrain – Alwadaei Human Rights Activist: Bahrain, Backed by U.S., is Targeting My Family
20-Mar-2017 Yahoo News Bahrain – Ebrahaim Sharif Bahrain charges opposition figure with ‘inciting hatred’
19-Mar-2017 RT Bahrain – Mohammed Sahwan Bahrain police clash with protesters after funeral of activist who died in custody (VIDEO)
15-Mar-2017 Neue Züricher Zeitung Bahrain – UN Human Rights in the Gulf: Switzerland delights the King of Bahrain
9-Mar-2017 CommonSpace Bahrain – Alwadaei UK Gov silent as human rights activist’s family is hounded by Gulf ally
9-Mar-2017 Irish Legal News Bahrain – Alwadaei Relatives of UK resident reportedly tortured by Bahraini police
8-Mar-2017 Reprieve Bahrain – Alwadaei UK must stop Bahrain’s reprisals against death penalty campaigner
7-Mar-2017 The New Arab Bahrain – Alwadaei Exiled Bahraini activist’s family ‘detained as revenge’
6-Mar-2017 Newsweek Bahrain – Military Trials BAHRAIN PARLIAMENT’S APPROVAL OF MILITARY TRIALS FOR CIVILIANS ‘DISASTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS’
6-Mar-17 AP News Bahrain – Wa’ad Bahrain files lawsuit to dissolve secular political party
6-Mar-2017 The Guardian Bahrain – Military Trials Bahrain moves to ban opposition party and let army courts try civilians
5-Mar-2017 New York Times Bahrain – Military Trials Bahrain’s Parliament Approves Military Trials for Civilians
5-Mar-2017 AP News Bahrain – Military Trials Bahrain parliament approves military trials for civilians
5-Mar-2017 Bloomberg Bahrain – Military Trials Bahrain Parliament Approves Military Trials for Civilians
2-Mar-2017 The Ferret Bahrain – Mustafa Hamdan State security officers in Bahrain allegedly donned balaclavas and fired on protesters leaving a teenager critically ill in hospital, according to critics of the government.
01-Mar-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – UK EXCLUSIVE: UK refuses to back UN statement on Bahrain rights abuses
23-Feb-2017 International Buisness Times Bahrain Six years since Bahrain’s revolution, Britain continues to back the monarchy’s despotic rule
22-Feb-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – Military Trials Bahrain parliament approves military trials for civilians
16-Feb-2017 CommonSpace Bahrain – UK EU Parliament & Scots MEP slam Bahrain for human rights abuses – but UK maintains support
11-Feb-2017 L’Orient Le Jour Bahrain – Military Trials More and more repressed, the Bahraini people want to conitinue fighting (French)
7-Feb-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – UK British MPs question ‘slush fund’ aid spending in Bahrain
5-Feb-2017 The Guardian Bahrain – UK Most Britons believe selling arms to Saudis is ‘unacceptable’
5-Feb-2017 The Times Bahrain – UK Britain helps train ‘violent’ Bahraini police
26-Jan-2017 The Guardian Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab Activist faces prison for saying journalists are banned from Bahrain
25-Jan-2017 The Ferret Bahrain – Al-Mansour UK trained war crimes investigations unit led by the ‘Butcher’
23-Jan-2017 Middle East Eye Bahrain – UK UK funds parliament of Bahrain as it halts reforms and backs executions

 

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